’Brutal' rape: man sought

Press, 26 April 1979, Page 6

’Brutal' rape: man sought

This is an identikit picture’ of the man who is til! being! sought after what detectives! described as the “brutal”; rape of a young woman in L Stanmore Road on Monday, evening. The woman, aged 19, told; the police that she had been! walking on Stanmore Road : near Cashel Street at 7.45 ■ p.m. when the man grabbed her from behind. She was punched several : times in the face before be- '

I ing dragged into a vacant i section and raped twice. ; The police were anxious to! (hear from passengers on ai bus which had stopped in the! area about 7.10 p.m. and who 1 might have seen a man and a woman struggling on the I footpath. said Detective j Senior-Sergeant M. J. Muddij man yesterday. He'said the police would also like to hear from any motorist who might have (seen a man and a woman I near the intersection of i Stanmore Road and Cashel Street between 7 p.m. and 17.30 p.m. ’ Detectives were following (several leads in the inquiry, ’which had drawn a good re-! isponse from the public, said’ Detective Senior-Sergeant ! Muddiman. j The man sought is described as being between’ (1.62 m and 1.72 m tall, of very! solid build, with reddish-’ coloured hair, cut in a short! afro-style. I He was wearing a checked: shirt, a green jersey, and; “army-style” trousers.