A man arrested in connection with the rape of a 3-year-old girl at Fort Victoria Country Park in Yarmouth on Monday has been bailed until 28th September, Police have confirmed.
Hampshire Constabulary’s investigation into the incident, which happened in broad daylight on Bank Holiday Monday, continues.
A 60-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of carrying out the serious sexual offence and detectives were given an extra 24 hours to question him. However, the decision has been taken to release him from custody on bail – with conditions – pending further enquiries.
Superintendent Sarah Jackson, District Commander for the Isle of Wight, said:
“Detectives investigating this offence have been working tirelessly and will continue to do so.
“I would like to once again thank the community for their ongoing support, feedback and assistance with our enquiries. Please continue to call us with any information you have that could help, we still think there could have been other people in the park who haven’t yet come forward.
“Incidents such as this are very rare, but I am asking parents and guardians to be vigilant when children are playing outdoors and children are asked to look out for each other and avoid talking to strangers. I would urge you to report anything suspicious immediately to 101.
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“I also wanted to respond to some of the general comments we have had from the public about personal safety with some advice that is relevant for anyone.
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• Let someone know where you are going
• Stay with friends
• Work out how you are going to get home in advance”
Anyone with information about the incident in Fort Victoria Country park is urged to contact 101 quoting Operation July.
Alternatively, you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers 100% anonymously on 0800 555 111, or via their anonymous online form at crimestoppers-uk.org
Bailed for such a serious offence?
Can only hope some real ‘men’ not keyboard warriors, find this cretin and ask their own questions and extract the truth, saving Police time and money in getting a confession after hours or questioning, perhaps he would ‘open up’ more to local guys rather than the formal Police.
Can but hope
He’ll be well off the island by now.. In a safer place than prison atm they have Facebook on their phones do you understand…..
Mmmmr u thinking what I’m thinking he shud b in custody or at least tagged just in case no smoke with out fire
It’s a joke!!! The police have no idea how to handle anything
Really bail shocking disgusting
Bailed.. Wow.. Sell drugs no bail.. do something this disgusting (you should be hung) you get bailed!! The world we live in is so screwed up!!! I hope you rot you sick twisted man!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He probably sells drugs as well…
Bailed again he got away with flashing at my child and now this poor little girl has to deal with this . It’s joke.!
Really…. all abit odd in freshwater!
It’s unreal
That’s worrying, did they take DNA from the suspect??
The serious nature of this case should not warrant bail until the police are 100% sure it’s not their man..
I imagine that the police hands are tied, as far as I know they are allowed to hold a suspect for 24 hours, then they have to ask the CPS if they can charge, it would appear that the CPS have said no at this juncture but granted them a further 24 hours. It all depends on evidence and whether the CPS believe they would get a prosecution if charged. I am guessing that there is not enough concrete evidence yet to guarantee a prosecution hence the police had to bail and are desperately appealing for potential witnesses to build a strong case.
Stuff the CPS! Child abuse has been ignored for decades in this stincking country for decades, Rotherham comes to mind among other earias.
The CPS is not fit for purpose, we need a radical change in this country and fast, like getting rid of far left liberal judge’s and lawyers, along with some media…BBC comes to mind…
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Totally agree. Difficult to change the legal procedure though.
I understand what your saying Tony ,but they must have some evidence if he was caught red handed in broad daylight.
Absolutely shocked and disgusted! How can he be bailed without being 100% sure its not him
Can’t believe this what a joke. hope another child don’t suffer due to what can only be described as police incompatence
I’m sorry ?!?!?!…. So in the meantime this scumbags walks among us ?! Wonder why so many assaults of this nature go unreported…. ?!?! Can’t trust the law. They protect criminals. Victims get nothing.
I’m afraid this is what happens when you have pedos and criminals at the top,look how long Jimmy salvile got away with it, and who where his friends!? Say no more.
Surely there is dna on this poor child. If it’s from this man,how can he possibly be let out !!! and what is wrong with this country and its justice system.Always the scum criminal comes first and their rights.Never the poor victim. If he’s found guilty with dna evidence I pray he will get his justice not from this pathetic legal system,but from elsewhere
Free to re-offend
Absolutely disgusting
Surely there’s DNA
Somebody will say “I hadn’t seen that creepy bloke down the road since Sunday morning, but now he’s home again. Hmm”
Then we’ll see who wants to carry out the threats they’ve been making.
Unfortunately there is no charge sheet due to lack of evidence at this stage to pass the threshold to charge! The CPS will only charge if the evidence is strong enough to have a realistic chance of conviction. Therefore the police had no alternative than to bail the suspect until hopefully further substantive evidence is obtained to allow the CPS to make a charging decision. The Police acted diligently and positively to the information provided but now have to gain extra evidence either through forensic submission or witness accounts and any dash cam/ camera footage on the day in question ,that the public have been asked to assist with that might progress the case. So highly emotive and worrying that an alleged suspect is bailed but this was the only legal course available to the police. If the suspect was charged with minimal evidence then there is a high likelihood that the suspect would be found not guilty at a later date . Due to the age of the victim in this case more substantive evidence is required to charge a suspect and allow the Police to progress the already disturbing case. Thoughts go to the child and family at this difficult time.
Surely DNA would have proved a positive conclusion?
Either there was none or not enough to compare or further tests required …. bail
may be the DNA has to be sent to the big island to get tested, i’m sure we are not that advanced here.
And the law wonders why the General public take things into their own hands?! The system is a joke, all those in it are a joke?! And where are the pro-life people, I see they go quite when something like this happens?! Hang the man from the nearest lamppost.
The law system on this island has failed yet again, how can u release such a sick minded man free after this, absolutely disgusted by this
It’s the British legal system not the IOW. The IOW does not have its own “law system”.
This all sounds a bit odd to me. A child abducted and raped a few yards from her parents. The arrested man released on bail. Anyone else think that this might just not have happened.
No evidence! Probably didn’t even happen! Parents need to take better care of the 3 year old!
You’re odd
OMG u really don’t have a clue or no child Kids should be able to wonder without weirdos like you saying it probably didn’t happen Blamzing the parents I don’t no how they cope with horrible ppl like you They need support not hate How do you think that poor little girl feels She will have to have dna tests Anyone ever thought that’s her scared for life So maybe think before you write rubbish Maybe put your self in other people’s shoes before making stupid comments
Fuckin unbelievable
Absolutely! but what’s even worse, is that the police have released him back home to an estate where there are lots of young kids. Now that’s b****y unbelievable!!!
Well that’s wrong as he’s not on the estate anymore. To be honest he deserves everything he gets
What human being could not be gut-wrenchingly affected by this, I felt physically sick to think this vile creature only thought of his own needs & ruined the poor little child’s life, 3 years old & we have let that poor angel down with a wicked paedophile. I can only hope he gets what’s coming to him & causes him great pain like that poor child must have felt, I am sick of Society now & feel disgusted that we can let this monster the luxury of being bailed ? Oh it might be a good thing if they knew where in Freshwater he lives B…..d
Don’t tell me… the missus has provided him with another alibi… unbelievable! Let’s hope he doesn’t keep to tradition and commit another sickening offence in the 4 wks he’s got to rome around at free will or someone’s going to have some serious questions to answer. It’s all wrong!!
Can’t name the animal who is accused of this but here in freshwater we know who he is, and he has got history of sexual abuse,. Can’t believe he got bail, I feel so sorry for the victim and her family , we all hope he gets all he deserves
You can’t say Animal, he’s a sick, twisted Human being walking this Earth.
Even animals wouldn’t do that. He’s worse than an animal. Spray paint his door let everyone know who he is
I wish I could name this sicko too years ago we would have given him the correct justice not through the courts but its justice gone soft
WTF??
Get Gene Hunt on the case… he wouldn’t stand for this.
Not going to publish my comment!
We know who he is and this isn’t the first time!
Never enough evidence!
I hope he gets done this time and keep our children safer!
How can he be kept in custody until they have all the DNA results. What i don’t understand is many people know who this scum is in Freshwater but do nothing about it.
If you have a paedo living in your street with children near him deal with it don’t keep whinging.
Easier said than done. You’d get treated worse than him by the courts. Madness
ONLY if caught, and many people would still ‘go down’ with a smile at getting this thing back if it were their own child surely?
How many more children’s lives can this disgusting man destroy, how many times can he get away with it!
A 3 year old! What kind of being could do this.
What are we meant to do when these people live among us?
I know who he is and where he lives. He’s done it before but not enough evidence to convict him.
How are we meant to keep our children safe, do we lock them in so no one can harm them!
How are the little innocent girl and her family going to be able to cope?
OMG.
There appear to be a number of people on here that seem to know who this pervert is, but seem terribly worried that they might get into ‘trouble’ if they named him..
– Well, what do you think might happen to you if you did ?
At least warn other families to be careful in such and such an estate, or give us a road name at least.
– For we are not all ‘in the know’..
DNA takes days to process.
If he wasn’t caught in the act there won’t be enough evidence to charge him. Remember, we’re all innocent until PROVEN guilty. Many cases of police getting it wrong and the real culprit being free to offend again.
Check out the murder of Rachel Nickel. Her killer was free to murder again because police refused to believe they had the wrong man.
He needs to b strung up dirty bastard
Its sad that you cant let your 3yr old go to the toilet on there own!!!!!!!
I’d never let a child that age or even older go in public toilets on their own. You never know who’s in there. It’s a well known fact these sick paedos are in them.
I wouldn’t, to be honest.
Why on earth has he been released on bail this is a very serious sickening offence ,he should be in stocks so normal people can throw bricks at him , it beggars belief I seriously hope when he goes to prison he meets some big burly father who loves his children to bits .
Prisoners hate scum like him if he ever gets there
In episodes of Porridge they might, in real life, more protected than the Queen now. Just an urban myth to stop people doing something themselves, and to make those too gutless to do anything themselves ‘feel better’
When serving in Northern Ireland, the RUC would often release this type of person knowing the IRA would impose their own type of punishment on them . Knowing the British justice system it geared to aid the criminal, not the victims.
Trust me.. it works well.
My other half is from northern island wat we need is a paramilitary over here. The uvf wud do his knee caps an cut his fingers off if not worse, thts real punishment dirty vile creature. How is it he has more rights than tht poor lil 3 yr old!! How many more lil ones lives has he destroyed I feel like doing something how ppl can live next to this disgusting piece of shit an not do anything about it… our poor children living in fear of these depraved sik individuals!!! The police are fuking useless
If they have bailed him,it’s because of collecting DNA.He could of been a innocent bloke out walking and he’s come across this poor distraught child and he’s found the parents and they put two and two together so the police have to arrest him until DNA proves otherwise.
Innocent until proven guilty. We either accept that or we don’t but that’s the way it’s worked for longer than any of us have been alive. I hope, if the guy is guilty, that he gets everything he deserves but you can’t go around taking justice into you own hands because whether the cause is just or noble, you become the criminal.
None of us can or should interfere in the legal process.
What we can do is discuss how some monster was able to get so close to a child to be able to molest her. Was this down to a parent not taking enough care or was there some other circumstance that facilitated this hideous crime?
We all know there are are animals out there who prey on our children, we will never be truly free of them so the alternative is to take more car and stop them getting near our children.
I wish people would stop calling him an animal . Animals behave better than this vile person. She wasn’t just molested she was raped according to the reports and who knows how it happened but believe me those parents will never forgive themselves if they were distracted for a few seconds. They will live with this for the rest of their lives as will the poor girl. Anyone who has kids will know it’s happened to all of us just a second you turn away and they can disappear and it’s the worst moment of your life and thank god for most people they are safe. We must not condemn them until more is known of the circumstances. Please blame the vile person who did this not the family trying to deal with it.
I want too know same….ok too all jump on band wagon for whats obv a scumbag but sged 3…parent was where? Doing what?How enough time too even? Some parents flare up at an innocent friendly situation sometimes.
Either way rape may been used too egg up and charge with a reason.lets hooe truth n justice prevails
I’m concerned as knowing of this man and previous history of these offences. He lives on my estate full of children. It is shocking he is out on bail, I hope not at his home. X
Why have real men not spoken to him about this then? Don’t understand why ? Surely all on the estate are not so squeaky clean and trusting in the British legal system not to have discussed their feelings to this creep?
Well, if you are so unwilling to name him, at least say which estate in Freshwater. Parents need to be made aware and young people warned of the danger.
– That would be helping to protect them.
We have freedom of speech in this country, so stop worrying about it..
I’m told he works for a local company that often does work in and around schools.
can someone name him ??
Give him a CHARIVARI , look it up.
Criminal Protection Service…Absolute Disgrace..
What is most worrying is that so many are ready to carry out ‘justice’ just because someone has been accused of a crime. Maybe you should wait till he has been found guilty. After that fill ya boots.
Spot on but doubt many will understand the point sadly. The instant justice brigade mean well but act on outrage and impulse. Seen many an innocent have their lives destroyed by baying mobs who had no idea what the truth actually was.
Instant justice brigade!! Are you for real!! This disgusting human being is well known for his perverted behaviour. It goes way back, he’s only been released because yet again his wife has given a false alibi as she does every time. He was arrested within a mile of the crime scene, there is nothing innocent about that !!
Well known? I’ve not heard of him and his wife could be telling the truth. I’m sure there were other people within a mile of the crime scene too. I am totally for real. Just applying logic in my mind rather than grabbing a pitchfork on the sayso of anonymous posters here. I hope whoever did this is strung up but I also hope it’s the right person they charge.
The poor child has to live with that, now he’s getting freedom to do it over and over again