Police hunt after girl, 15, is raped near home

Police hunt after girl, 15, is raped near home

RAYMOND HAINEY POLICE were yesterday hunting a rapist after a horrific sex attack on a schoolgirl. The 15-year-old was grabbed from behind, dragged into bushes and raped as she made her way home along Drum Brae North in Edinburgh's Corstorphine area on Saturday night.

Detective Sergeant Stuart Hood, of Lothian and Borders Police, said: "This was a particularly brutal and frightening assault on a young girl who was almost home." The girl was spotted by an elderly couple after her ordeal and helped home. The attack happened at the brow of Drum Brae North just before midnight on Saturday. DS Hood said the girl had left two friends on a bus from Blackhall just before the attack. He added that she had passed a group of youngsters near the foot of Drum Brae shortly before her attacker struck. DS Hood said: "We urgently want to speak to these young people and to the elderly couple. It is very important that they come forward." He added: "This is quite a busy area and there could have been taxi drivers, bus drivers and other people in the area who may have seen something suspicious" The girl was able to give police a description of her attacker. He was a slim white male aged between 19 and 20 and 5 feet 7 inches tall. He had an Edinburgh accent, dark short hair and was wearing a round necked jumper with three dark hoops, blue jeans and trainers. This article: http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1180632006

Last updated: 14-Aug-06 02:02 BST#