Man held over brutal rape of girl
He was arrested as part of a major police hunt for two men involved in the sickening sex attack in west Belfast.
After the assault the rapist called his young victim’s mother on a stolen mobile phone to gloat over what he had just done.
Armed with a screwdriver, he subjected the girl to two depraved sex assaults early on Saturday.
A second thug used a metal bar to batter three boys she was with and stop them rescuing her.
It is understood the man arrested is not the suspected rapist.
The girl, who is from the north of England but was holidaying in Belfast, was left severely traumatised by the double rape.
She was confronted by the pair as she walked along Blacks Road with friends just before 3am.
Cash and mobile phones were stolen before the girl was dragged into a BP petrol station forecourt and raped.
The boys, two 15-year-olds and one aged 14, were ordered to strip to the waist and beaten repeatedly.
The terrified youngsters were then taken up a driveway at the nearby Colin Valley Golf Centre where the girl was raped again.
Detectives have urged the rapist and his accomplice, both thought to be in their late teens, to give themselves up.
Their families were also challenged to bring them to a police station if they suspected their involvement.
Detectives have been told the man with the iron bar claimed to be called Terry from the Divis area of west Belfast.
The rapist was believed to be 5ft 8ins to 5ft 9ins, with a cut under his left eye and chipped and decaying teeth.
His partner’s left ear was pierced and he wore at least one sovereign-type ring.
Chief Superintendent Ken Henning said: “This was horrendous and disgraceful. It has caused untold distress to the victims and their families.”
