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| Police hunt man in camouflage outfit after sexual assault and attempted abduction | Police hunt man in camouflage outfit after sexual assault and attempted abduction |
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| Police believe same man sexually assaulted 12-year-old girl at knifepoint and grabbed 18-year-old woman around neck | |
| Australian Associated Press | |
| Sun 9 Jul 2017 01.27 BST | |
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| Police are renewing an appeal to find a camouflage-wearing man who sexually assaulted a girl and tried to abduct a teenager on the New South Wales central coast. | Police are renewing an appeal to find a camouflage-wearing man who sexually assaulted a girl and tried to abduct a teenager on the New South Wales central coast. |
| It is believed the same man dragged a 12-year-old girl into bushland, tied her up and sexually assaulted her at knifepoint on 15 May and three weeks later grabbed an 18-year-old woman around the neck in a laneway near Narara train station. | It is believed the same man dragged a 12-year-old girl into bushland, tied her up and sexually assaulted her at knifepoint on 15 May and three weeks later grabbed an 18-year-old woman around the neck in a laneway near Narara train station. |
| Both girls described their attacker as being aged in his mid-20s, chubby, with light hair and blue eyes. | Both girls described their attacker as being aged in his mid-20s, chubby, with light hair and blue eyes. |
| With their help police have pieced together what he was wearing, releasing images of a head-to-toe leafy camouflage outfit, backpack and gloves on Sunday. | With their help police have pieced together what he was wearing, releasing images of a head-to-toe leafy camouflage outfit, backpack and gloves on Sunday. |
| “The clothing was described as a ‘3D, leafy Ghille suit’, which is quite distinct, but it is widely available and may not necessarily have been purchased at the same time – or even purchased recently,” sex crimes squad commander detective superintendent Linda Howlett said. | “The clothing was described as a ‘3D, leafy Ghille suit’, which is quite distinct, but it is widely available and may not necessarily have been purchased at the same time – or even purchased recently,” sex crimes squad commander detective superintendent Linda Howlett said. |
| Detectives believe the man is familiar with the Narara area. | Detectives believe the man is familiar with the Narara area. |
| “The incidents occurred in areas that are well-used by locals and would require a certain amount of familiarity to be in the right place at the most opportunistic time,” Howlett said. | “The incidents occurred in areas that are well-used by locals and would require a certain amount of familiarity to be in the right place at the most opportunistic time,” Howlett said. |
| “It would be difficult to get around suburbia wearing these clothes without drawing attention to yourself, so we believe he’d know the best routes to use to go unnoticed.” | “It would be difficult to get around suburbia wearing these clothes without drawing attention to yourself, so we believe he’d know the best routes to use to go unnoticed.” |
| Australian police and policing | |
| New South Wales | |
| Crime - Australia | |
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