{"id":564667,"date":"2025-11-12T00:32:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T00:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/564667\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T00:32:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T00:32:19","slug":"woman-awoke-on-birmingham-bound-train-to-find-she-was-being-sexually-assaulted-cctv-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/564667\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman awoke on Birmingham-bound train to find she was being sexually assaulted &#8211; CCTV appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British Transport Police issuea CCTV image of a man officers would like to speak to after attack on an Edinburgh to Birmingham train<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0_Sex-assault-on-Edinburgh-to-Wolverhampton-train-JPG.jpg\" alt=\"CCTV image of a man on a train who is white, clean-shaven with a shaved head, pictured wearing a black t-shirt, blue jeans and white trainers and is also carrying a phone&#10;\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>British Transport Police would like to speak to this man after a woman was sexually assaulted on an Edinburgh to Birmingham-bound train, with the man getting off at Wolverhampton Station <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">A woman was sexually attacked on a train heading to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> with police issuing a CCTV appeal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">It happened on a train from Edinburgh on Thursday, October 23, at around 9am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">The woman travelling on the service woke up to a man sexually assaulting her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/noor-drugs-line-busted-birmingham-32855469\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">City drugs line busted after officers find suitcase with dealer&#8217;s address<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">He then got off the train in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/wolverhampton\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Wolverhampton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">Officers from British Transport Police issued a <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/cctv-appeals\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">CCTV<\/a> image of a man its officers would like to speak to in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">The man was white, clean-shaven with a shaved head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">He was pictured wearing a black t-shirt, blue jeans and white trainers and was carrying a phone.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762907539_810_0_Sex-assault-on-Edinburgh-to-Wolverhampton-train-JPG.jpg\" alt=\"CCTV image of a man on a train who is white, clean-shaven with a shaved head, pictured wearing a black t-shirt, blue jeans and white trainers and is also carrying a phone&#10;\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>British Transport Police would like to speak to this man after a woman was sexually assaulted on an Edinburgh to Birmingham-bound train, with the man getting off at Wolverhampton Station <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">A spokesperson for British Transport Police said: \u201cDo you recognise this man? Detectives investigating a sexual assault on board a train between Edinburgh and Wolverhampton are releasing this image in connection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">\u201cAt around 9am on Thursday, October 23, a woman travelling on the service woke up to a man sexually assaulting her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">\u201cHe then got off the train at Wolverhampton station.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=67ec6fc9-65d2-4b0c-b55e-ee73660ce693&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get the latest BirminghamLive news direct to your inbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">The statement continued: \u201cDetectives believe the man in the CCTV image may have information that could help with their investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">\u201cAnyone who recognises him is asked to contact BTP, either by texting 61016 or calling 0800 40 50 40, quoting reference 221 of 23 October 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">\u201cInformation can also be given anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British Transport Police issuea CCTV image of a man officers would like to speak to after attack on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,15137,748,101261,188,393,4884,16,15,4349],"class_list":{"0":"post-564667","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-birmingham-new-street-station","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-cctv-appeals","12":"tag-crime","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-wolverhampton"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115533916226659690","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564667","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=564667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}