10/08/2010
Other News In Brief
Body Found On Railway Line
A 27-year-old woman has been found dead on a disused railway line in Rugby. The body of Gemma Hayter, from Biart Place, Rugby, was found by a jogger shortly before 6am on Monday morning by an embankment off Hillmorton Road. A post mortem failed to establish the cause of death, but police have confirmed that she was assaulted. A 35-year-old local man has since been arrested on suspicion of murder. Anyone with any information is asked to contact Warwickshire Police.
Man Jailed For Attempted Rape
A 33-year-old video games tester has been jailed for attacking a woman at a Christmas party in the West End. Dean Powell, of Gews Corner, Cheshunt, pleaded guilty to attempted rape and sexual assault by penetration at Southwark Crown Court last week. He was sentenced to two years for the first charge and six months for the second charge - both sentences will run concurrently. A third charge of sexual assault will lie on file. The offences took place at the Hard Rock Cafe in west London on December 18, 2009. Powell had been seen by a member of staff trying to have sex with the 34-year-old victim outside the premises. The staff member took three photos on his mobile phone of Powell and alerted police who subsequently arrested him.
Appeal Over South London Rape
Police are appealing for a couple to come forward after they helped a rape victim to escape. The incident happened on July 21 in Argyll Road, Woolwich at around 10:15pm, when a 24-year-old woman, who had just been raped at knifepoint, managed to run out of a house from her attacker. A vehicle, containing a man and a woman, stopped to help her and took her to safety. The couple, described as a black male and a white female, dropped the victim at Woolwich Arsenal Station around fifteen minutes later. Police are keen to speak to anyone who may have seen the victim in the road or when the couple stopped to assist her and they would especially like to speak to the couple who helped the woman. Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on: 0208 284 9395.
(KMcA/GK)
A 27-year-old woman has been found dead on a disused railway line in Rugby. The body of Gemma Hayter, from Biart Place, Rugby, was found by a jogger shortly before 6am on Monday morning by an embankment off Hillmorton Road. A post mortem failed to establish the cause of death, but police have confirmed that she was assaulted. A 35-year-old local man has since been arrested on suspicion of murder. Anyone with any information is asked to contact Warwickshire Police.
Man Jailed For Attempted Rape
A 33-year-old video games tester has been jailed for attacking a woman at a Christmas party in the West End. Dean Powell, of Gews Corner, Cheshunt, pleaded guilty to attempted rape and sexual assault by penetration at Southwark Crown Court last week. He was sentenced to two years for the first charge and six months for the second charge - both sentences will run concurrently. A third charge of sexual assault will lie on file. The offences took place at the Hard Rock Cafe in west London on December 18, 2009. Powell had been seen by a member of staff trying to have sex with the 34-year-old victim outside the premises. The staff member took three photos on his mobile phone of Powell and alerted police who subsequently arrested him.
Appeal Over South London Rape
Police are appealing for a couple to come forward after they helped a rape victim to escape. The incident happened on July 21 in Argyll Road, Woolwich at around 10:15pm, when a 24-year-old woman, who had just been raped at knifepoint, managed to run out of a house from her attacker. A vehicle, containing a man and a woman, stopped to help her and took her to safety. The couple, described as a black male and a white female, dropped the victim at Woolwich Arsenal Station around fifteen minutes later. Police are keen to speak to anyone who may have seen the victim in the road or when the couple stopped to assist her and they would especially like to speak to the couple who helped the woman. Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on: 0208 284 9395.
(KMcA/GK)
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