Detectives in Belfast were yesterday questioning a man about the rape of a 15-year-old girl. He was arrested as part of a major police hunt for two men involved in the attack in west Belfast.
After the assault the rapist called his young victim's mother on a stolen mobile phone, telling her what he had done, according to the PSNI. Armed with a screwdriver, he subjected the girl to two sex assaults early on Saturday.
A second assailant used a metal bar to batter three boys she was with and stop them rescuing her. It is understood the man arrested is not the suspected rapist.
The girl, who is from the north of England but was holidaying in Belfast, was left severely traumatised. She was confronted by the pair as she walked along Blacks Road with friends just before 3am. Cash and mobile phones were stolen before the girl was dragged into a BP petrol station forecourt and raped.
The boys, two 15-year-olds and one aged 14, were ordered to strip to the waist and then beaten repeatedly.
The youngsters were then taken up a driveway at the nearby Colin Valley Golf Centre where the girl was raped again. - (PA)