{"id":315978,"date":"2025-08-04T01:36:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T01:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/315978\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T01:36:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T01:36:25","slug":"man-charged-after-woman-dragged-into-alleyway-on-her-way-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/315978\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged after woman dragged into alleyway on her way to work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He has been charged with threats to kill, among others<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_a27ee5\">Olivier Vergnault<\/strong> Senior Reporter <\/p>\n<p>16:58, 03 Aug 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_Bristol-Magistrates-COurtJPG.jpg\" alt=\"Bristol Magistrates Court\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Bristol Magistrates Court(Image: Michael Lloyd Photography)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A man has been charged after a woman was dragged into an alleyway while on her way to work. Mitchell Lee Rogers has been charged with threats to kill, kidnap, assault causing actual bodily harm and committing a criminal offence with intent to commit a sexual offence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The 35-year-old, of no fixed abode, is accused of attacking a woman and dragging her into Passage Road in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/henbury\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Henbury<\/a>, between 6.30am and 7am on Friday, August 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Avon and Somerset Police said the woman managed to escape and that she will be offered support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In a statement, the police force said Rogers is currently in custody pending an appearance before Bristol <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/courts\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Magistrates Court <\/a>tomorrow (Monday, August 4).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Detective Sergeant Paul Melton from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/avon-and-somerset-constabulary\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Avon and Somerset Police<\/a>, said: \u201cWe know people will be concerned about such a worrying incident happening on their doorstep, but this sort of attack by a stranger really is very uncommon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cIf you have any concerns about your personal safety, you can <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.suzylamplugh.org\/Pages\/Category\/personal-safety-advice\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">find information on the Suzy Lamplugh Trust\u2019s website<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Victims and survivors of rape or sexual assault, recent or non-recent, can self-refer to The Bridge, a Sexual Assault Referral Centre, which is available to 24\/7 365 days a year, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebridgecanhelp.org.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">visit their website<\/a> or call 0117 342 6999.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">You can also <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisnotanexcuse.org\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">visit the This is not an Excuse website<\/a> for details of charities and organisations who are experts in supporting victims and survivors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He has been charged with threats to kill, among others Olivier Vergnault Senior Reporter 16:58, 03 Aug 2025&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,30,188,393,4884,10964,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-315978","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-courts","11":"tag-crime","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-henbury","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114967935902980019","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315978","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=315978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}