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| Teenage girl 'sexually assaulted on three separate occasions in one night' on way home from London club | Teenage girl 'sexually assaulted on three separate occasions in one night' on way home from London club |
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| A 17-year-old girl is believed to have been sexually assaulted on three separate occasions as she walked home from a night out. | A 17-year-old girl is believed to have been sexually assaulted on three separate occasions as she walked home from a night out. |
| It is believed she was repeatedly attacked over the course of an hour after she became separated from her friends following a visit to a club in Tower Hamlets, east London. | It is believed she was repeatedly attacked over the course of an hour after she became separated from her friends following a visit to a club in Tower Hamlets, east London. |
| Police said her ordeal started shortly before midnight on Friday 29 September when she was picked up on camera being carried by a man in Cambridge Heath Road. | Police said her ordeal started shortly before midnight on Friday 29 September when she was picked up on camera being carried by a man in Cambridge Heath Road. |
| The pair are then seen appearing to go into a doorway in the same road, after which the man, who was wearing dark clothing, is not seen again on camera. | The pair are then seen appearing to go into a doorway in the same road, after which the man, who was wearing dark clothing, is not seen again on camera. |
| Items of the top half of the girl’s clothing were subsequently found nearby. | |
| Shortly after midnight, another CCTV camera picks up the girl stumbling down Mint Street, being followed by a different, bearded male, on a racing bicycle. | Shortly after midnight, another CCTV camera picks up the girl stumbling down Mint Street, being followed by a different, bearded male, on a racing bicycle. |
| Officers said the man followed the teenager along Mint Street, into Three Colts Lane, and then as she headed in the direction of Bethnal Green Overground station. | |
| When the next camera picks her up, the man has approached her and they have reached Corfield Street. | When the next camera picks her up, the man has approached her and they have reached Corfield Street. |
| Some time later, the camera picks up the man leaving the area and walking away. | Some time later, the camera picks up the man leaving the area and walking away. |
| The girl, whose clothing appears dishevelled, emerges shortly afterwards and goes further down Corfield Street. | The girl, whose clothing appears dishevelled, emerges shortly afterwards and goes further down Corfield Street. |
| Just minutes later, at around 12.45am, detectives believe the victim suffered a third attack, possibly involving two or three men. | Just minutes later, at around 12.45am, detectives believe the victim suffered a third attack, possibly involving two or three men. |
| The CCTV captures a third, different man walking down Corfield Street and joining two other figures under some trees. He appears to bend down towards a spot on the curb in between some parked cars. | The CCTV captures a third, different man walking down Corfield Street and joining two other figures under some trees. He appears to bend down towards a spot on the curb in between some parked cars. |
| Detectives believe it was at this point that the victim was sexually assaulted. | Detectives believe it was at this point that the victim was sexually assaulted. |
| A short time later, a member of the public spotted the teenager lying on the ground in Corfield Street in a state of distress and called 999. | A short time later, a member of the public spotted the teenager lying on the ground in Corfield Street in a state of distress and called 999. |
| Detectives believe it is possible that she was drugged and are in the process of carrying out toxicology tests. | Detectives believe it is possible that she was drugged and are in the process of carrying out toxicology tests. |
| Detective Inspector Suzanne Jordan, from the Metropolitan Police’s child abuse and sexual offences command, said: “This is a horrific multiple sexual assault on an young female who was simply making her way home after a night out. | |
| “We would like to thank the members of the public who intervened to help her and possibly prevented her ordeal from continuing even further. | “We would like to thank the members of the public who intervened to help her and possibly prevented her ordeal from continuing even further. |
| “We believe two of the three were very serious sexual assaults indeed, and are determined to catch the persons responsible for these hideous crimes.” | “We believe two of the three were very serious sexual assaults indeed, and are determined to catch the persons responsible for these hideous crimes.” |
| Police have released images of two men wanted in connection with the assaults. | Police have released images of two men wanted in connection with the assaults. |
| Anyone with information should call police on 101 or via twitter at MetCC, or contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online at http://www.crimestoppers-uk.org. | Anyone with information should call police on 101 or via twitter at MetCC, or contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online at http://www.crimestoppers-uk.org. |
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