22/11/2002

Man questioned about sexual assault in west Belfast

A man has been arrested in west Belfast in connection with the rape of a woman in Belfast two weeks ago.

Police said that the man was helping them with their enquiries.

Last week, police released a computer-generated image of a man who was thought to have carried out the attack.

The woman was walking across derelict ground near the Anderstown Road on November 8 when she was attacked by three men. Two men held her down while a third man raped her.

Police said that the public's response to the enquiry had been encouraging.

(SP)

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