Enfield park schoolgirl rape: Police given more time to question suspect

 
28 November 2012
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Police have been given more time to question a man over the rape of an 11-year-old girl who was dragged into a park and attacked on her way home from school.

Scotland Yard officers today asked magistrates for extra time to question the 18-year-old, who was arrested in Edmonton, north London, on Monday evening.

They now have until tomorrow to continue interviewing the man, who is in custody at a police station in north London.

Another man, 26, who was also held in connection with the attack has been released on bail until late December.

Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses after the schoolgirl, who was wearing her uniform, was attacked in Jubilee Park, Enfield, north London, on Friday.

She had caught a 192 bus from school in Enfield at around 4.30pm, and got off in Bury Street at around 5pm before being grabbed as she walked along Galliard Road.

The girl, who police described as petite, finally returned home at around 8pm and was taken to hospital where she needed surgery.

Her attacker was black with afro hair and was wearing a dark grey top and black baggy jeans.

Detective Inspector Simon Ellershaw said it was "a horrific and unusual attack of a defenceless schoolgirl".

He appealed to anyone who saw a man following a girl in school uniform, or anyone who may have seen her looking dishevelled and confused after the attack, to come forward.

The victim said that her ordeal lasted for two to three hours.

A spokesman for Enfield council said that the park gates were locked at 4.50pm on Friday.

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