Girl escapes Bristol sex attack
A girl escaped a sex attack in Bristol after two members of the public came to her rescue.
Police said the woman was forced to the floor by a man in St Anne's who attempted to sexually assault her, but he ran away when two other men intervened.
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It happened at about 1am on Saturday night in Hillsborough Road, near the Sainsbury's store.
Detectives said the victim, a 16-year-old, was on the phone when she was approached by her attacker.
After he ran off he was seen running towards Sainsbury's car park. Police described him as a white man in his 20's, 6ft in height. They believe he may be local to the area.
Anyone with information can contact Bristol CID on 0845 456 7000 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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by keryn, bristol
Wednesday, November 11 2009, 4:17PM
“LLOYD- morons no, responsible people YES were not saying this girl deserved what happened of course not but we are saying if her parents were looking after their daughter properly it wouldnt have happened as NO girl that age should be out at that time! When you GROW UP nad have children then maybe you will understand!!! until then MORON look further in to things!”
by lloyd, bristol
Tuesday, November 03 2009, 2:39PM
“you all make it sound like the 16 yr old was allowed to be attacked cause she was out alone at 1am. your all morons!! FACT!”
by TanyaMaire, Easton
Tuesday, November 03 2009, 12:56PM
“Glad the girl was saved by the 2 members of the public, but why shouldn't she be out at 1am? There are no laws againt this, but there are laws against sexually assaults, it time stop blaming the victim, she wasn't doing anything wrong, its time to blame the dirty rotten git who did this!”
by MB, Bristol
Tuesday, November 03 2009, 9:55AM
“@trollup -I'm not interested in Tatoos or martial arts either, but there are ads for these alongside this story too. Still looks wrong to me.”
by cant believe it, bristol
Monday, November 02 2009, 11:22PM
“What was she doing out that late at 16years of age doesnt she know its not safe, she was very lucky she didnt end up like that other girl they foud the other month let this be a wake up call to her”
by AJ, Bristol
Monday, November 02 2009, 9:32PM
“Unfortunately in this nasty world we live in, Nobody is safe out alone at night!!”
by trollup, briz
Monday, November 02 2009, 6:31PM
“MB, Bristol : you only get ads like that MB if you have visited PORNSITES my friend its called spyware/adware on your PC lol”
by MB, Bristol
Monday, November 02 2009, 4:27PM
“Is it appropriate thet the Post is running an ad on this page, alongside this article, advertising "Dirty girls in your area". What's going on?”
by A mum, Kingswood
Monday, November 02 2009, 4:00PM
“willob - totally agree with you. I am so relieved that some decent people jumped in to help her and that she is ok - it could have been so much worse. I am 40 years old and would not walk around at that time of night on my own let alone let my sixteen year old daughter. I know we SHOULD be able to go where we want whenever we want but unfortunately it is not safe. Best wishes to the girl - I hope she recovers from this awful experience soon.”
by Tash, Bristol
Monday, November 02 2009, 3:53PM
“So glad this girl is OK and that there were witnesses around to help her.
Just goes to show, young women should NEVER try and walk home alone at night. Always walk with friends or grab a cab”