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Article: Qld: Community condemns rape of young girl
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- AAP General News (Australia)
- Article date:
- January 31, 2002
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Qld: Community condemns rape of young girl
BRISBANE, Jan 31 AAP - A man remains on the loose after a seven-
year-old girl was allegedly
raped in her bedroom in southern Queensland early today.
The young girl told police she awoke shortly after midnight to
find a man in her room
at her family's home in Goondiwindi, on the border with New South
Wales.
The man allegedly raped and sexually assaulted her before fleeing
through an open window
and into the backyard.
Deputy Opposition Leader and local MP Lawrence Springborg said
the town would be wary
until the alleged offender was caught.
"Anything to do with sexual offences in general is absolutely ...