Overview
- Police opened a formal rape investigation after a woman in her 20s reported she had been raped in Central Forest Park on Wednesday, June 17.
- Officers describe the suspected attacker as about 6ft 2in tall, wearing all black with his face covered, and say he left the area after the incident.
- Investigators have appealed specifically for a male jogger who ran past the victim between about 11.30am and 11.50am because he may hold information that could help enquiries.
- Staffordshire Police are conducting CCTV checks and a house-to-house trawl, have specialist officers supporting the victim, and ask anyone with information to call 101 or use Live Chat quoting incident 325 of June 17.
- A separate 9.05am approach that morning involving a man asking to stroke a dog is being examined but not linked so far, and police say there have been no public reports of arrests as enquiries continue.