{"id":868029,"date":"2026-04-02T22:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/868029\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T22:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:42:15","slug":"man-36-wanted-after-rape-at-west-midlands-train-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/868029\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 36, wanted after rape at West Midlands train station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Officers were called to the railway station on March 13 following reports of a rape<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Billy Ormiston\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0_Billy-OrmistonJPG.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Billy Ormiston\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Billy Ormiston<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">British Transport Police (BTP) want to speak to this man after a rape at a Midlands train station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Officers were called to Nuneaton railway station at 9.24pm on Friday, March 13, following the report of a rape.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police would like to speak to Billy Ormiston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The 36-year-old man has links to the Nuneaton, Coventry and Atherstone areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <\/strong><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/shirley-machete-attack-update-after-33708567\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Shirley machete attack update after boy suffers &#8216;life-changing&#8217; injuries<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <\/strong><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/armed-police-helicopter-swoop-birmingham-33708828\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Armed police and helicopter swoop Birmingham street after balaclava-clad gang &#8216;fire gun&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Specially trained officers are continuing to support the victim during this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">People are encouraged not to approach Ormiston if spotted and instead advised to call 999.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">&#8211; Get the latest court and crime news direct via our WhatsApp community <a aria-label=\"hereLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/JcXF3MxQGZs3GoiEA8W2fn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">&#8211; Get breaking news on <a aria-label=\"BirminghamLive WhatsAppLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/HiSLU1pMS4WIRGDRbnDYAf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">&#8211; We are now on WhatsApp. Join our dedicated community <a aria-label=\"hereLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/HiSLU1pMS4WIRGDRbnDYAf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Anyone who has information about Ormiston&#8217;s whereabouts is asked to text BTP on 61016 and call 0800 40 50 40, using the reference 708 of March 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Alternatively, information can be given anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">If there is a story you think our journalists should be looking into, we want to hear from you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Email us on newsdesk@birminghammail.co.uk to get in contact with a reporter.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officers were called to the railway station on March 13 following reports of a rape Billy Ormiston British&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":868030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,188,393,4884,16,15,9733],"class_list":{"0":"post-868029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-warwickshire"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116337531133013692","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868029","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=868029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}