Woman alleges rape

Press, 24 April 1979, Page 6

Woman alleges rape

A big police hunt was . under way early this morn- ; ing for the man who allegedly attacked and raped a young woman in Stanmore’ Road. The woman, aged 19, told i

detectives that she had been grabbed from behind as . she was walking along Stanmore Road near Cashel ' ; Street about 7.45 p.m., dragi ged into a vacant section, and raped. 1

The man then jumped over a fence at the rear of the section and ran off towards Nursery Road. He was still at large early this morning in spite of an extensive .search of the area by detectives and police using tracker dogs. Inquiries would continue throughout the night, said the officer in charge of the case (Detective Senior-Sergeant A. G. I. Rodgers). The alarm was raised after the woman ran to the home of her boyfriend in Nursery Road. She was being examined by a police doctor late last evening. The man the police are seeking is 162 cm (sft 4in) tall, of very solid build, with red d i s h-coloured, closecropped hair. He was wearing a checked shirt, a green jersey, and “army-style” trousers with an ammunition pouch on one leg.