Urgent hunt to find 'violent' attacker after woman 'seriously sexually assaulted by man riding delivery bike'

The 'violent offender', who was of West Asian or Eastern European heritage, reportedly carried out the assault at around 11.30pm on Thursday in West Barnes, police said.

Sam Corbishley | Senior News Reporter Published August 8, 2026 4:29pm Updated August 8, 2026 4:34pm The woman was subjected to a ‘serious’ attack in West Barnes shortly before midnight on Thursday (Picture: Getty Images) Police are urgently hunting a ‘violent offender’ after a woman was sexually assaulted in southwest

The incident is believed to have taken place in a wooded area in Newstead and Annesley Country Park shortly after 11am on Tuesday (4 August), with Nottinghamshire Police now appealing for information

Police have increased patrols at Newstead and Annesley Country Park as officers investigate a reported serious sexual assault.

A WOMAN was allegedly sexually assaulted at a park in a sickening broad daylight attack. Cops have stepped up patrols in the area as detectives hunt a man described as white and aged in his 30s. The sexual assault reportedly happened in a wooded area of Newstead and Annesley Country Park in Nottinghamshire. The force..

The woman was attacked in the tunnel from the Elizabeth Line to the Central Line platform at Bond Street station