Scunthorpe schoolgirl sexual assault sparks reward

We are offering a reward of up to £3,000 for information about the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl as she walked to school.
 
The attack happened on the morning of Tuesday 28 January 2020 as the girl was walking alone when she noticed she was being followed by a man who was unknown to her.

As she neared her school at 8.50am on Foxhills Road, the male approached her from behind and smeared an unknown, clear substance across her face, in her eyes and mouth, before assaulting her.
 
After being inappropriately touched, the girl screamed and the man ran off in the direction of Reginald Road into a wooded area. Following the incident, the girl was taken to hospital. She was not injured, but she remains understandably distressed.  

***We are offering a reward of up to £3,000 for information we exclusively receive – either online or via freephone 0800 555 111 - that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for this sexual assault***

The offender is described as being white and around thirty years old. He was wearing a baseball cap with a white image or motif, a black-top and trousers with what appeared to be a camouflage pattern on them.

“This is a horrifying crime against a child innocently making her way to school. We hope that our reward encourages people to come forward with any information they know about it.

“Our charity believes that everyone has the right to walk the streets safely without experiencing harm. We don’t want another child or anybody else to be assaulted by this dangerous individual.

“If you have any suspicions at all about who may be responsible for this crime, or if you witnessed something, perhaps you saw this man in the vicinity of Ferry Road, Henderson Avenue or Foxhills Road, please do the right thing and get in touch with our charity. Nobody will ever know you contacted us, only you. Crimestoppers has been taking crime information for over 32 years, since our charity began. We have always kept our promise of 100% anonymity to the millions of people who have trusted us.

“Every day over a thousand people contact our charity. You can speak to us anonymously by calling our UK Contact Centre which is open 24/7 on 0800 555 111 or you can use our simple and secure anonymous online form.”

*** Note: Information passed directly to police will not qualify for our reward. The reward will only qualify for information passed to Crimestoppers’ via our untraceable Anonymous Online Form or by calling our Freephone 0800 555 111 number ***