Police appeal after racially aggravated rape in Walsall Park Hall

West Midlands Police launched an urgent appeal after a woman in her 20s was raped in what the force is treating as a racially aggravated attack in the Park Hall area of Walsall on the evening of Saturday, October 25. Officers were called at about 7.15pm after a woman was found distressed in the street and established she had been raped and assaulted at a nearby property by a man she did not know.

Police said the suspect is described as a white male in his 30s, with short hair, wearing dark clothing. Investigators have released CCTV footage and asked anyone who recognises the man to call 999 immediately or to contact West Midlands Police via 101 or the force’s online live chat, quoting log 4027 of October 25.

Specialist officers from the force’s Public Protection Unit, local policing teams and forensic specialists have been working overnight to recover CCTV, speak to witnesses and build a profile of the attacker. Detective Superintendent Ronan Tyrer, who is overseeing the investigation, said the force is doing everything it can to arrest the person responsible and urged anyone with dashcam or surveillance footage from the area to come forward.

Chief Superintendent Phil Dolby said...