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Reward follows asylum sex assault | Reward follows asylum sex assault |
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Leading members of Scotland's Muslim community have offered a £10,000 reward for help in tracing a man who sexually assaulted an asylum seeker in Glasgow. | Leading members of Scotland's Muslim community have offered a £10,000 reward for help in tracing a man who sexually assaulted an asylum seeker in Glasgow. |
Tax consultant Osama Saeed set up the fund after the attack on the woman and her baby, said by police to have been racially-motivated. | Tax consultant Osama Saeed set up the fund after the attack on the woman and her baby, said by police to have been racially-motivated. |
The incident happened as she took her one-year-old son from his pram on a cycle path in Yoker in Glasgow. | |
Mr Saeed, a father of two, said people were "up in arms" over the attack. | Mr Saeed, a father of two, said people were "up in arms" over the attack. |
The Scottish representative on the Muslim Association of Britain added: "We have had calls from across the UK, not just Glasgow. This attack marks a new low across the country. | The Scottish representative on the Muslim Association of Britain added: "We have had calls from across the UK, not just Glasgow. This attack marks a new low across the country. |
"This was a sexually, motivated bigoted assault, not just on a defenceless woman but also her baby. | "This was a sexually, motivated bigoted assault, not just on a defenceless woman but also her baby. |
"It just has people up in arms and they want to do something. They want to make sure that someone is brought to book and also to send out a message that this won't be tolerated." | "It just has people up in arms and they want to do something. They want to make sure that someone is brought to book and also to send out a message that this won't be tolerated." |
Hopefully it will encourage those in the community, who wouldn't previously have considered it, to come forward Det Insp Andy McWilliamStrathclyde Police | Hopefully it will encourage those in the community, who wouldn't previously have considered it, to come forward Det Insp Andy McWilliamStrathclyde Police |
The assault took place on Tuesday, 3 April. Four men approached the 33-year-old mother on a cycle path, between Plean Street and Dyke Road in Yoker, and subjected her to what police said was a horrific ordeal. | The assault took place on Tuesday, 3 April. Four men approached the 33-year-old mother on a cycle path, between Plean Street and Dyke Road in Yoker, and subjected her to what police said was a horrific ordeal. |
The woman had been walking with her baby at about 1630 BST when the group of white men made racial remarks towards her. | The woman had been walking with her baby at about 1630 BST when the group of white men made racial remarks towards her. |
They then began to throw stones at her and kick her. | They then began to throw stones at her and kick her. |
One of the men then indecently assaulted the woman and attempted to perform an indecent act on her one-year-old son. | One of the men then indecently assaulted the woman and attempted to perform an indecent act on her one-year-old son. |
Detective Inspector Andy McWilliam welcomed the award. | Detective Inspector Andy McWilliam welcomed the award. |
He said: "It is a positive issue in respect of our inquiry and hopefully it will encourage those in the community, who wouldn't previously have considered it, to come forward." | He said: "It is a positive issue in respect of our inquiry and hopefully it will encourage those in the community, who wouldn't previously have considered it, to come forward." |
Police have been focusing on CCTV footage from the area surrounding the cycle path after more of the victim's belongings were discovered. | Police have been focusing on CCTV footage from the area surrounding the cycle path after more of the victim's belongings were discovered. |
Officers had already recovered her headscarf and pram. | Officers had already recovered her headscarf and pram. |
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