{"id":686899,"date":"2026-01-10T14:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T14:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/686899\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T14:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T14:30:10","slug":"woman-54-injured-after-being-assaulted-by-man-in-paisley-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/686899\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman, 54, injured after being assaulted by man in Paisley park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Police have launched an investigation and stepped up patrols after a 54-year-old woman was assaulted in a Paisley park.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The victim was walking in Moredun Park, near Gleniffer Road, at around 3:40pm on Friday January 9 when she was targeted by a man.<\/p>\n<p>She attended hospital for treatment to non-serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Extensive enquiries are ongoing and officers are appealing for anyone with any information to come forward.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect is described as a white man, around 5ft 8in tall, with a stocky build and he spoke with a local accent.<\/p>\n<p>He was wearing a dark jacket, and a hood or hat which had distinctive glasses or goggles, and a dark scarf or snood covering his face.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Constable Michael Bowles said: \u201cWe understand that incidents like this are concerning for the local community but please be assured we are doing everything we can to trace the man responsible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExtensive enquiries remain ongoing and I would ask anyone who was in the area at the time, or who recognises the description of the man, to contact us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditional patrols will be carried out in the area and I would encourage anyone with any questions or information to approach these officers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101 quoting incident 2241 of Friday, 9 January, 2026. Alternatively, Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758059248_2_whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police have launched an investigation and stepped up patrols after a 54-year-old woman was assaulted in a Paisley&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-686899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115871290479496636","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686899","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=686899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}