Sunday, 28 September 2014

Police appeal after teenager assaulted aboard bus in Chelmsley Wood

A PENSIONER was arrested following an alleged sexual assault on a 16-year-old girl aboard a bus in Chelmsley Wood.
The 79-year-old had been questioned by police following the incident on the No 966, on Monday, September 15. He has since been bailed.
The driver of the double-decker service, which runs from Solihull to Erdington, was alerted to the assault of the teenager at around 5.55pm. Police boarded the bus minutes later at Chelmsley Road, near to Keepers Lodge.
Now officers are keen to trace any passengers who may have witnessed the assault and are yet to come forward, particularly a man who is understood to have asked the victim if she was okay.
If you can help with the investigation call police on 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

  •  A report on BBC’s Inside Out programme last Monday revealed that less than five per cent of sexual assaults on buses are reported to the authorities and urged victims to come forward.

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