Police release CCTV of suspected Westcliff rapist (From Southend Standard)
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Police release CCTV of suspected Westcliff rapist
12:06pm Saturday 14th July 2012 in Echo News
Police release CCTV of suspected Westcliff rapist
Police have released CCTV images to try and trace a suspected rapist.
Officers were contacted on Friday, June 1 by a 30-year-old woman who was reporting that she had been raped in Westcliff on Saturday, May 26.
Police say the information has only just been released to the media due to the need to obtain a detailed statement from the victim and the nature of the offence.
The woman had been enjoying a day out in the sunshine and on the beach with her four children on the first day of the Southend Airshow.
She then took her children to the Sutton Arms pub in Essex Street at 4pm and then a few hours later to The Park Tavern in London Road.
While in the Sutton Arms’ beer garden, the woman struck up a conversation with a group of people, including two men. She and her children left with these men to The Park Tavern where they spent 30 minutes.
CCTV shows all seven people left the tavern shortly before 8pm. The suspected rapist and the woman walked back to her home near Valkyrie Road while his friend walked off in another direction. It is then thought that the woman was raped in her home by the man.
Investigating Officer, Dc Lisa Wiggins, said: "As you can imagine, this is a complex enquiry and we have many areas which need clarifying. It is thought that this woman’s memory has been impaired by alcohol. We are now left trying to identify these two men, one of whom is a potential offender while the other is sought after purely as a key witness.
"We ask people to cast their minds back to the first day of the Southend Airshow which was the start of a hot and sunny weekend. We then would ask if anyone recalls seeing this woman with her three young children in tow and her baby in a buggy. They would have been travelling from the beach, then to the Sutton Arms, onto The Park Tavern and then home probably via London Road.
"We would also urge people to look closely at the CCTV image to see if they recognise the man who is suspected of sexually assaulting this woman.”
The suspected rapist is described as white, in his 30s, of athletic build and has broad, muscular shoulders. At the time, he had shaved hair and was wearing a white vest with a racer back and khaki knee-length shorts.
The man’s friend is described as white, of chubby build and had sunglasses on top of his head at the time. He is shorter than his friend.
Anyone with information in connection with this rape is urged to contact detectives at Rayleigh’s Sexual Offences Investigation Team on 101.
Comments(19)
John the resonator
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12:32pm Sat 14 Jul 12
clangrid wrote:It says she took the children to the airshow and the Sutton has a garden which families use. the report does not tell us what or how much she was drinking.
It is thought that this woman’s memory has been impaired by alcohol.
We then would ask if anyone recalls seeing this woman with her three young children in tow and her baby in a buggy.
Ummmmm 4 kids one in a buggy and you're getting trashed in a pub???????????????
But hey, as ever, whenever rape comes up the focus soon turns to the woman's behaviour.
John the resonator
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12:34pm Sat 14 Jul 12
John the resonator wrote:OK just seen the 'memory impaired by alcohol' part.
clangrid wrote:It says she took the children to the airshow and the Sutton has a garden which families use. the report does not tell us what or how much she was drinking.
It is thought that this woman’s memory has been impaired by alcohol.
We then would ask if anyone recalls seeing this woman with her three young children in tow and her baby in a buggy.
Ummmmm 4 kids one in a buggy and you're getting trashed in a pub???????????????
But hey, as ever, whenever rape comes up the focus soon turns to the woman's behaviour.
richcarol
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12:56pm Sat 14 Jul 12
Tj Lady
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1:33pm Sat 14 Jul 12
APR
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3:07pm Sat 14 Jul 12
Blind Haze
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3:35pm Sat 14 Jul 12
John the resonator wrote:Good to see you back John - although you're not back to top form yet!
John the resonator wrote:OK just seen the 'memory impaired by alcohol' part.
clangrid wrote:It says she took the children to the airshow and the Sutton has a garden which families use. the report does not tell us what or how much she was drinking.
It is thought that this woman’s memory has been impaired by alcohol.
We then would ask if anyone recalls seeing this woman with her three young children in tow and her baby in a buggy.
Ummmmm 4 kids one in a buggy and you're getting trashed in a pub???????????????
But hey, as ever, whenever rape comes up the focus soon turns to the woman's behaviour.
BIRLIS
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4:52pm Sat 14 Jul 12
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e_in_Southend/. Sutton Arms sounds a nice place!
naughtyladyofshadylane
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7:44pm Sat 14 Jul 12
clangrid
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10:09am Sun 15 Jul 12
John the resonator wrote:No one deserves to be raped, the point I was trying to get across was take your kids to the airshow and then the park perhaps, instead of the poor children having to hang around in the pub.....
clangrid wrote:It says she took the children to the airshow and the Sutton has a garden which families use. the report does not tell us what or how much she was drinking.
It is thought that this woman’s memory has been impaired by alcohol.
We then would ask if anyone recalls seeing this woman with her three young children in tow and her baby in a buggy.
Ummmmm 4 kids one in a buggy and you're getting trashed in a pub???????????????
But hey, as ever, whenever rape comes up the focus soon turns to the woman's behaviour.
clangrid
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10:11am Sun 15 Jul 12
John the resonator wrote:No one deserves to be raped, the point I was trying to get across was take your kids to the airshow and then the park perhaps, instead of the poor children having to hang around in the pub.....
clangrid wrote:It says she took the children to the airshow and the Sutton has a garden which families use. the report does not tell us what or how much she was drinking.
It is thought that this woman’s memory has been impaired by alcohol.
We then would ask if anyone recalls seeing this woman with her three young children in tow and her baby in a buggy.
Ummmmm 4 kids one in a buggy and you're getting trashed in a pub???????????????
But hey, as ever, whenever rape comes up the focus soon turns to the woman's behaviour.
clangrid
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10:18am Sun 15 Jul 12
tophatdt
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11:42am Sun 15 Jul 12
Gina the weaner
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2:15pm Sun 15 Jul 12
tophatdt wrote:Your eyesight must be a lot better than mine!
the one problem i have with this CCTV image is that the police said the suspect was wearing short khakee knee-length shorts.....but in the photo the man is wearing long blue jeans
All 9 of me
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2:35pm Sun 15 Jul 12
Good to see you back John - although you're not back to top form yet
termite1944
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6:20pm Sun 15 Jul 12
In this day and age we should be able to do better, crisp clean pictures are possible!
little ray of sunshine
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2:59pm Mon 16 Jul 12
R85
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12:24pm Tue 17 Jul 12
richcarol wrote:There are “people” on this Earth who are truly, literally and completely evil and deserve every type of heinous act imaginable! So if somebody rapes and mutilates several babies they don’t deserve to be raped themselves???? What about the guy who was recently caught in the USA who spent his time raping and stabbing very young boys whilst infecting them with AIDS that he knew he had??? He doesn’t deserve it??? Wtf??????????
Who cares what she is like, no one has the right to rape a woman. Drunk drugged up or whatever, no woman deserves to be raped . IF this animal raped her then let justice be done either by her husband or the courts. No one supports a rapist
Lefty Cyclist Type
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5:34pm Tue 17 Jul 12
clangrid says...
12:28pm Sat 14 Jul 12
We then would ask if anyone recalls seeing this woman with her three young children in tow and her baby in a buggy.
Ummmmm 4 kids one in a buggy and you're getting trashed in a pub???????????????