{"id":654719,"date":"2025-12-25T21:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T21:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/654719\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T21:26:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T21:26:00","slug":"popular-glasgow-park-locked-down-as-police-probe-serious-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/654719\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Glasgow park locked down as police probe serious sexual assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" data-no-modal=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-24-162236-1.png\" alt=\"Entrance to a park with a wrought iron fence and stone pillars, with a traffic light showing red and a green arrow to the left.\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15726484\" width=\"845\" height=\"673\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>COPS have locked down a popular park after a person was raped in an early morning attack on Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened at Queens Park, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/where\/glasgow\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"in the southside of Glasgow (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in the southside of Glasgow<\/a>, in the early hours of Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Scottish Sun newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"15726485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WEATHER-Amy-15243204jpg-JS1028796888.jpg\" alt=\"A large tree branch fallen on the grass after autumn weather.\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15726485\" width=\"936\" height=\"702\"  \/>The popular park has been the scene of multiple attacks on women over recent yearsCredit: Lucinda Cameron\/PA Wire<\/p>\n<p>Cops have since taped off a large area of the park, as enquiries are on-going.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/police-scotland\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Police Scotland (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Police Scotland<\/a> said officers would remain in the area while they establish the circumstances surrounding the incident.<\/p>\n<p>A source said that safety lights installed throughout the park were not working during the night in question.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/police-scotland\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Police Scotland spokesperson (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Police Scotland spokesperson<\/a> said: \u201cWe are investigating a reported serious sexual assault in the Queen\u2019s Park area of Glasgow, which is believed to have taken place between 12.30am and 1am on Wednesday, December 24. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-readmore__text-anchor-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/news\/15726025\/scots-epic-gamer-gran-tiktok-star-dies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/newspress-collage-izdawfvtg-1766595100853.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">GAMER GRAN<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">Scots gran who became a TikTok star dies aged 78 as grandson pays tribute<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-readmore__text-anchor-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/news\/15725120\/man-dog-die-horror-fire-glenrothes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/newspress-collage-d4ccg1hqb-1766594512112.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">FATAL BLAZE<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">Tragedy as man and dog die in horror Christmas Eve house fire on Scots street<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnquiries to establish the full circumstances are ongoing and there remains a police presence in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a aria-label=\"Police Scotland were unable to say (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/police-scotland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Police Scotland were unable to confirm<\/a> whether the victim was male or female.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s understood no arrests have been made so far.<\/p>\n<p>A number of women have been subjected to sexual assaults in the popular park over recent years.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMost read in The Scottish Sun\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>One of the worst cases includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/news\/14746988\/hu-jones-dead-moira-fund-murder-glasgow\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Moira Jones (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moira Jones<\/a>, 40, who was abducted yards from her home and forced into the park where she was raped and murdered.<\/p>\n<p>Her body was discovered by a park ranger behind a privet hedge in the middle of Queen\u2019s Park in May 2008.<\/p>\n<p>The sales executive\u2019s killer,\u00a0Marek Harcar, was later jailed for life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COPS have locked down a popular park after a person was raped in an early morning attack 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