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Last Updated: Monday, 2 June, 2003, 06:33 GMT 07:33 UK
Woman abducted and raped
Northamptonshire Police headquarters
Police called the abduction and rape "horrendous"
A 20-year-old woman has been abducted and raped in Northampton.

The woman was walking along Arundel Street in the town between 0630 BST and 0730 BST on Friday morning when she was bundled into the back of a white van.

She was driven to countryside near Grendon Lakes where she was raped.

The woman was abandoned there at about 1100 BST.

Her attacker is described as white with short, brown, mousey hair and was wearing at-shirt and jeans or blue tracksuit trousers and heavy work boots.

Police have called this an "horrendous incident" and are appealing for any witnesses to come forward.




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