Sex attack in Co Antrim train station

A teenage girl was subjected to a sex attack on a train station platform in Co Antrim, police said today.

A teenage girl was subjected to a sex attack on a train station platform in Co Antrim, police said today.

The victim, said to be in her mid-teens, was assaulted by a man as she waited at Whiteabbey railway station at around 4.15pm last Thursday.

Police urged any witnesses to contact them.

They especially want to hear from three boys, thought to be in school uniforms, who were standing on the opposite, Larne-bound platform at the time.

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