BY ISABEL EVERETT
Police are appealing for public assistance after a teenage girl was
allegedly assaulted and inappropriately touched in the Hunter Valley.
About 9:40pm on Monday February 15, a 16-year-old girl was walking
along Macauley Street in Denman, with an infant in a pram, when she was
approached from behind by three people – believed to be a woman and two men –
near the intersection of Hunter Street.
Police have been told the teen was pulled to the ground by her hair and
kicked several times before a male touched her inappropriately.
The teen managed to free herself, fleeing the scene with the infant before
being assisted by a resident.
Emergency services were contacted, and the teenage girl was taken to
Muswellbrook Hospital for treatment to cuts and bruises; the infant was
uninjured.
Detectives from Hunter Valley Police District have commenced an
investigation into the incident.
As inquiries continue, police are urging anyone who may have seen or heard
anything in the vicinity between 9pm and 10pm on Monday 15 February 2021 or who
may have CCTV to contact Muswellbrook Police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
