'Police locked up rape victim, aged 13'
A 13-year-old girl described in court as "scared and vulnerable" was handcuffed, held at a police station, then put in a cell overnight after she was found by police.
Magistrates heard she had run away from home after reporting being raped by two men she met through the internet.
A scuffle with a Worthing policewoman as she tried to escape led to her being arrested and charged with assault.
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The girl's mother '” refused access to her daughter while she was in custody '” has slammed the actions of the police that night.
Read the full story in this week's Herald