Indecent assault on woman
i Police are seeking a man iwho indecently assaulted a 23-year-old married woman lin the Botanic Gardens on ‘Wednesday morning. I Two married women took i their three pre-school childIren to the amusement area lof the gardens at about 9.0 a.m. An hour later they noticed a man loitering in I the area. He went into the •lavatories, came out shirtless, and lay down as if to I sunbathe. Then he ran over [to where the women were and committed an indecent I act on one of them on a park bench. He ran away, leaving his shirt behind.
The police are looking for a European man, aged about 25, 6ft or more in height, with blond, wavy hair down to his shoulders.’ It appeared as though he had not shaved for two or thiee days.
Police would like to hear from anyone who saw a man of that description running from the area on Wednesday morning.
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34106, 19 March 1976, Page 14
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