{"id":6261,"date":"2026-06-21T07:24:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T07:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/police-hunt-for-masked-man-after-woman-in-her-20s-raped-in-broad-daylight\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T07:24:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T07:24:55","slug":"police-hunt-for-masked-man-after-woman-in-her-20s-raped-in-broad-daylight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/police-hunt-for-masked-man-after-woman-in-her-20s-raped-in-broad-daylight\/","title":{"rendered":"Police hunt for masked man after woman in her 20s &#8216;raped in broad daylight&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_1cf165\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Officers were called to Central Forest Park in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent following reports of a sexual assault<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37326198\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37326198.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_BRI_PG_050526emergency-17.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37326198.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_BRI_PG_050526emergency-17.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37326198.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_BRI_PG_050526emergency-17.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37326198.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_BRI_PG_050526emergency-17.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Staffordshire police are appealing for witnesses\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Staffordshire police are appealing for witnesses<cite aria-label=\"Image: PAUL GILLIS \/ Reach Plc\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: PAUL GILLIS \/ Reach Plc)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police are hunting a masked suspect dressed in all black after a woman was allegedly raped in a park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Officers were called to Central Forest Park in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent on Wednesday June 17 following reports a woman in her twenties had been sexually assaulted in broad daylight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The suspect was described as approximately 6ft 2 inches tall, wearing all black, and had their face covered. They are believed to have fled the area following the assault and are still at large.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Before the victim left the area, a male jogger ran past her as she was coming out of a shrubbed area and asked her if she was ok.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police say they wish to contact this man to help them with their inquiries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Specialist officers are currently supporting the victim in the aftermath of the attack, and detectives have asked anyone with information that may assist them to come forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/staffordshire-police\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Staffordshire Police<\/a> said: \u201cWe\u2019re keen to speak to anyone who may be able to help with our investigation who hasn\u2019t already spoken to officers, or anyone who was in the park during these times and saw anything suspicious.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/masked-man-manhunt-rape-stoke-37326199\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officers were called to Central Forest Park in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent following reports of a sexual<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0_BRI_PG_050526emergency-17.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}