{"id":281113,"date":"2025-07-21T23:10:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T23:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/281113\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T23:10:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T23:10:16","slug":"three-arrests-in-co-down-after-woman-reports-being-held-against-her-will-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/281113\/","title":{"rendered":"Three arrests in Co Down after woman reports being held against her will \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">THREE people have been arrested after a woman said she was assaulted and held against her will in Co Down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police said they were alerted around 9.10pm on Sunday that a a woman in her 30s had been found with facial injuries by a member of the public in the Newry Street area of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/rathfriland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/rathfriland\/\">Rathfriland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Detective Sergeant Stewart said the woman informed them that three people had held her against her will at a property in the Dromore Street before she was \u201crepeatedly assaulted\u201d throughout the evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cResponse officers, with the assistance of colleagues from the Armed Response Unit, attended the address in Dromore Street. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/we-just-cant-afford-to-keep-it-running-traditional-belfast-wool-shop-closes-doors-after-60-years-as-it-embarks-on-new-journey-N23HDOK34RBUXPYLPI4XKED24I\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"&#x2018;We just can&#x2019;t afford to keep it running&#x2019; &#x2013; Traditional Belfast wool shop closes doors after 60 years as it embarks on new journey \" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753139415_688_5VVONEWFKZHWDIK6RU3RQJBKIM.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/former-soldier-jailed-for-rape-of-his-partners-two-younger-sisters-when-they-were-children-ALUQJC7CFNHUPFXQBW346TFBUM\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Former soldier jailed for rape of his partner&#x2019;s two younger sisters when they were children\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753139416_606_PQMK5KYGWZLJTIC3EDRHEKGL3Y.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cInside they found a man, aged in his 30s, who had also sustained serious facial injuries. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe injured man and woman were taken to hospital for treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Detective Sergeant Stewart continued: \u201cWe have arrested a 25-year-old woman on suspicion of a number of offences including assault occasioning actual bodily harm, false imprisonment and robbery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A 29-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of offences including assault occasioning actual bodily harm, false imprisonment and non-fatal strangulation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A second man, aged 23, was also arrested on suspicion of offences including assault occasioning actual bodily harm, false imprisonment and robbery .<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201dThey remain in custody at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe would appeal to anyone who may have noticed any suspicious behaviour in the Dromore Street area throughout Sunday to make contact us. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe would also be keen to hear from anyone who may have dashcam, CCTV or other footage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police can be contacted on 101, quoting reference 1453 of July 20.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Crimestoppers can also be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THREE people have been arrested after a woman said she was assaulted and held against her will in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[1144,1618,105684,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-281113","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-northern-ireland","9":"tag-psni","10":"tag-rathfriland","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114893751926536826","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}