Teenage girl raped in area locals wanted closed

A teenage girl was raped in a brutal attack at a secluded area in Waterford which some locals had wanted closed off because of a rape there nine years ago.

Gardaí were last night following a definite line of enquiry in relation to the rape of the girl at St John’s River Walk in Kilbarry, which is also an unofficial entrance from the Tramore Road into the Cherrymount housing estate.

Late one evening in March 2005, a 14-year-old girl was raped at the same spot after she was followed when she got off of the bus from Tramore.