14-year-old girl sexually assaulted in Sheffield forest

Sheffield Police have launched an investigation after a 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in woodland near Parson Cross on Thursday afternoon (June 27).

The victim is said to have been attacked by a man while walking through the Tongue Gutter area near Deerlands Avenue at around 3.50pm.

A number of inquiries, including CCTV trawls of the local area, have been carried out by South Yorkshire Police and officers will be carrying out extra patrols.

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Sheffield North East Neighborhoods Inspector Alec Gibbons said: “The victim is receiving support from officers after what must have been a traumatic ordeal and we have put extra patrols in place in the local area.

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“If you have any questions or concerns you would like to raise with the officers, please speak to them if you see them in your local area. They are there to help you and to help keep you safe.”

A South Yorkshire Police spokesman added: “We encourage anyone with relevant information about this incident to contact us on 101 quoting incident number 921 of 27 June 2024. You can also send information through us. online reporting portal .

“If you wish to submit information anonymously, you can do so through Crimestoppers by calling them on 0800 555 111 or by submitting a form on their website at crimestoppers-uk.org.”