{"id":713,"date":"2026-05-04T09:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/sainsburys-store-horror-as-series-of-women-targeted-in-sexual-assaults\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T09:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:56:08","slug":"sainsburys-store-horror-as-series-of-women-targeted-in-sexual-assaults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/sainsburys-store-horror-as-series-of-women-targeted-in-sexual-assaults\/","title":{"rendered":"Sainsbury&#8217;s store horror as &#8216;series&#8217; of women targeted in &#8216;sexual assaults&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_5f510e\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">A teenager has been arrested after multiple women alleged they were sexually assaulted on an escalator at a Sainsbury&#8217;s superstore in Rustington, West Sussex<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\"><\/span><span class=\"ArticleTimestamp_updated-date__7qD4Q ArticleTimestamp_updated-date-with-published__iFKpF\" data-testid=\"byline-updatedDate\">Updated <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\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=\"37107193\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Screenshot-2026-05-04-103636.png\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"The incidents allegedly happened at a store in Rustington\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The incidents allegedly happened at a store in Rustington<cite aria-label=\"Image: Google \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Google )<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A teenager has been arrested following a &#8220;series&#8221; of alleged sexual assaults at a <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/sainsburys\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Sainsbury&#8217;s<\/a> superstore.<\/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\/sussex-police\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Sussex Police<\/a> said multiple women reported incidents on an escalator at the store in Rustington, West Sussex.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The force confirmed a 19-year-old man from Littlehampton has been arrested for sexual assault by touching following enquiries with the co-operation of Sainsbury&#8217;s security. 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