Elderly woman raped
- 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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LBC/IRN, "Elderly woman raped". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0007500495019 (Accessed 31 Oct 2025)