Woman 'raped by a man she just met' in Wandsworth park close to primary school

A young pistillate was raped by a antheral she met minutes earlier astatine a parkland successful southbound westbound London, constabulary said.

A 21-year-old antheral arrested connected suspicion of rape remains successful custody.

Scotland Yard added enquiries are ongoing.

A spokesperson said: “The victim, aged successful her 20s, had been sexually assaulted by a antheral she met earlier.

“She is being supported by specializer officers.”

A transgression country remains successful spot astir the 55-acre parkland opened successful 1923 by the precocious King George V.

Popular with families and adjacent to Greenwood Wandle nursery, the ample unfastened abstraction has tennis courts, children’s play areas and a bowling green.

It is besides an important wildlife corridor for birds specified arsenic kingfishers, tiny mammals and bats. The River Wandle moving done the parkland is affluent successful aquatic creatures and location to galore food species, including the brownish trout.

Anyone with accusation is asked to telephone constabulary via 101, quoting notation CAD7123/4NOV.