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Bay of Plenty Times A man who
allegedly raped a 20-year-old woman in a Tauranga cemetery on Saturday night
was still on the loose today as police made a fresh appeal for help from the
public in catching him. The woman
told police she was attacked on Friday night in Library Arcade on Willow St
by a group of men she knew casually but managed to escape from them. The
following night, about 10pm, she was allegedly attacked again by one of the
men from the previous night. This time
she was dragged into the cemetery on the corner of Fraser St and 18th Ave,
struck her head on a headstone and was raped. Detective
Sergeant Darryl Brazier said police were following some lines of inquiry but
there was still a lot of work to be done. The victim would be spoken to again
today. ''If this
event has occurred the way the victim has said it has, we need to get this
guy off the street before it happens again,'' he said. He said
police had received feedback on the car the man was believed to drive - a
silver soft-top BMW Z3 - but more information was needed. He
appealed to anyone who may have seen either attack to contact police. The man is
described as Caucasian, of stocky build and about 24-years-old. He is
about 178cm tall and believed to be from Tauranga. Any
information can be passed on to Tauranga police Detective Sergeant Darryl
Brazier or Detective Constable Darren Nicholas on 577 4300 or anonymously on
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