Gardaí hopeful attacker will be caught soon

GARDAÍ are hopeful that the man who attacked a 10-year-old girl in Cork city will be apprehended soon, before he has an opportunity to strike again.

A garda spokesman said that a number of taxi drivers had come forward to help with the investigation, which got underway last Sunday after the girl was enticed into a small park and sexually assaulted.

Detectives believe the man they are looking for took a taxi or hackney from Cove Street after he attacked the girl at Parkowen, just off Douglas Street.