LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Elderly woman raped

Genre

Interview

TX Date

2 Sep 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:03:26

Description

A 15-year-old boy is being questioned in connection with the rape of a 93-year-old woman at Storrington in Sussex. The victim was attacked as she tended the grave of her late husband in the grounds of the Parish Church of St. Mary’s. Police said the woman was in shock but otherwise not seriously injured. The Reverend Malcolm Acheson is the vicar at St. Mary’s, and he discusses the incident. Interviewer not identified. (Steven Barton was later charged with the assault)

Contributors

Malcolm Acheson

Keywords

Crime; Police; Elderly; Rape; Sussex; Churchyards; Storrington; Steven Barton

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