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Closed-circuit
television has provided no help in identifying a rapist who attacked a
12-year-old girl as she walked home alone through school grounds after a
dancing competition in Police have watched footage from
cameras in the central business district, but the "krumping" dance
event, which finished between 10pm and 10.30pm, on Saturday, was not caught
on camera. Police have also been speaking to
witnesses at the competition and people who were with the victim during the
evening. Constable Lisa Tod of Hastings CIB
said the girl became separated from her friends while walking home to a
relative's house, and was attacked in the grounds of She was found wandering in the
Raureka area by two men waiting for a taxi at 2.15am, who called police. Ms Tod said the girl's family had
believed she was sleeping safely at a relative's house, and were devastated
to hear what had happened. The girl was traumatised, and
would be formally interviewed today. In the meantime, police were
looking for a Maori thought to be in his teens, who was wearing a white
krumping shirt with a blue and black design, and jeans. He had shaggy hair
with a shoulder-length "rat's tail". Krumping is a dance craze from the
Contestants wear white shirts or
hoodies painted with their group or individual colours and names, and
challenge each other to spontaneous competitions. |
