Police patrol area after sex attack on dog walker

Police have increased their presence in a Renfrewshire town after a dog walker was subjected to a sex attack.

The 43-year-old woman was approached on a footpath in Rashieburn, Erskine on Sunday morning. Police Scotland said she was “extremely distressed”. Insp Cassie Glass said: “To help re-assure the community in Erskine, we have increased both highvisibility uniformed and plain-clothes patrols.”