04/04/2006

Man arrested over abduction of girl from bath

Police investigating the abduction of a six-year-old girl from her bath last December have arrested a man.

A 34-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday morning at an address in Blyth, Northumberland, on suspicion of abduction and serious sexual assault.

A 25-year-old woman was also arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

The girl was snatched from her bath in her home in Willington Quay, North Tyneside on December 27. She was driven off and sexually assaulted before being dumped naked in a lane near her home fifteen minutes later.

Police had described the abductor as "extremely dangerous".

(KMcA)




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