Sex Attack news

False claim of attack took police from major investigation

AT THE height of the investigation into the Town rapist, an 18-year-old woman falsely claimed that a man had attacked her at night, the Royal Court heard yesterday.

Police ‘had reasons’ for not alleging sexual assaults were rape

POLICE have defended their decision not to define recent alleged sexual assaults as rape, when their investigations started.

Double rape suspect is held for four weeks

LOCAL man Filipe Nelson Burton was remanded in custody when he appeared in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, charged with two counts of rape and one of attempted rape.

Man, 18, in court on rape charges

AN 18-YEAR-OLD local man has been charged with two counts of rape and one of attempted rape following police investigations into sexual assaults in Town.

All can help in hunt for sex attacker

NEWS of two more sex attacks committed in the space of just a few hours takes the island into unfamiliar territory.

Town sex attack ‘has taken away our comfort and safety’

RESIDENTS were shocked to discover that their street had been the scene of a sex attack after police confirmed the news on Tuesday.

Sex attacker strikes as girl, 18, uses Town footpath

A YOUNG woman was seriously sexually assaulted early on Saturday.

Hours after sex attack, clubbers party on

YOUNG women were shocked to hear of the sex attack in St Peter Port early on Saturday morning.