Woman raped at Heathrow Airport

A young woman was raped at Heathrow Airport, police revealed on Wednesday.

The 19-year-old from King's Lynn, Norfolk, was planning to catch a coach to Nottingham from Heathrow Airport in London on Sunday, 9 January.

But the 0045 GMT bus was fully booked so she decided to wait for the next one and fell asleep in the bus terminal.

She was woken up at about 0500 GMT by a black man with long hair. The victim went to the disabled toilets but was followed by the man and raped.

She alerted her family who called the police.

Officers investigating the attack said she was extremely traumatised and are appealing for witnesses.

Det Con Alan Roffey, of Heathrow CID, said on Wednesday: "You may have seen what you took to be a young couple there - a white woman of 19 years and a black man with long afro-hair.

"In fact the attention the woman was receiving from the man was unwarranted.

"Whether you saw anything suspicious or not, please contact us so we can build up a picture of how many people were in the station at the time."