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Witness appeal after woman says she was raped at Secret Garden Party festival Witness appeal after woman says she was raped at Secret Garden Party festival
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The organisers of an arts and music festival are appealing for witnesses after a woman was allegedly raped in a tent.The organisers of an arts and music festival are appealing for witnesses after a woman was allegedly raped in a tent.
Festivalgoers at the Secret Garden Party in Cambridgeshire were being asked if they had heard a woman screaming in the middle of the night following reports of the attack in the early hours of Friday.Festivalgoers at the Secret Garden Party in Cambridgeshire were being asked if they had heard a woman screaming in the middle of the night following reports of the attack in the early hours of Friday.
Posters were reportedly put up around the site at Abbots Ripton in Huntingdon asking for help from anyone who was at the three-day festival. Posters were reportedly put up around the site at Abbots Ripton in Huntingdon asking for help from anyone who was at the three-day festival. One said: “Police are appealing for any witnesses who might have heard screaming in the early hours of Friday morning, or seen/heard anything suspicious. Officers are warning Gardeners to be extremely vigilant and take care if deciding to take any substances.”
One said: “Police are appealing for any witnesses who might have heard screaming in the early hours of Friday morning, or seen/heard anything suspicious. Officers are warning Gardeners to be extremely vigilant and take care if deciding to take any substances.” A statement on the festival’s website said: “A woman has alleged that she was raped in the early hours of Friday 24 July in one of the tented areas of the Secret Garden Party site. Police have appealed for any witnesses who might have seen or heard anything suspicious in the early hours of Friday morning to contact a police officer on-site, visit the welfare tent, call 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. The Secret Garden Party team are working closely with the police to assist them with their investigation.”
A statement on the festival’s website said: “A woman has alleged that she was raped in the early hours of Friday, 24 July in one of the tented areas of the Secret Garden Party site.
“Police have appealed for any witnesses who might have seen or heard anything suspicious in the early hours of Friday morning to contact a police officer on-site, visit the welfare tent, call 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
“The Secret Garden Party team are working closely with the police to assist them with their investigation.”
Cambridgeshire police were unavailable for comment.Cambridgeshire police were unavailable for comment.