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Allegations of Sexual
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NZ Herald An English woman tourist sexually
assaulted on a popular walking track in the Bay of Islands may have been
attacked by another foreign tourist. The 27-year-old victim told Paihia
police she was accosted by a man and dragged from a walking track between the
Waitangi Treaty Grounds and the Haruru Falls carpark late on Wednesday. She was subjected to what police
say was a serious sexual assault between 5.30 and 6pm. The woman suffered bruising and
was treated locally but did not need to go to hospital. She has described her attacker as
an athletically built European in his mid to late 30s who carried what
appeared to be a full backpack and spoke with what she believed to be a North
American accent. He wore blue jeans and a navy blue
T-shirt with a white circular pattern on the front, and was barefoot at the
time of the attack. He had dark brown hair and wore a
large ring on his right hand. The woman was last night being
cared for by Mid North Victim Support as police tried to ascertain exactly
where she was dragged from the track, which usually takes an hour to walk. It is understood that after the
attack, the victim alerted a friend, who told the police. |
