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Article: Olney woman, 77, describes sexual assault.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- August 1, 2007
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Byline: Katie Stuhldreher
Aug. 1--A 77-year-old woman whose chest was stomped during a sexual assault in her home in Olney in June refused at a preliminary hearing yesterday to point out the North Philadelphia man charged in the attack even as she painted a grisly picture of what happened.
The woman told police she was attacked June 5 in her home. According to police reports and witness testimony, the attacker raped her, stomped on her chest, bound and gagged her with scarves and a bra, and robbed her of more than $80.
The woman spent 10 days in Albert Einstein Medical Center with chest pain and said she had difficulty breathing for a week after ...