Reward offered for information on sex attacker who assaulted two women

A REWARD of up to £5,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man who carried out sex attacks on two women.

Charity Crimestoppers is offering the reward and information can be provided anonymously.

Police have a full DNA profile of the attacker and know he carried out both assaults.

In the first attack, a 19-year-old woman was assaulted after she got off a bus in Lanark Road West in Edinburgh shortly after midnight on Thursday August 27, 2015, when a man approached her in the Newmills Road area and claimed he had a knife.

He then led her to a nearby field, where she was raped.

Earlier that month, on

Wednesday August 5, a 21-year-old woman was grabbed from behind and sexually assaulted in Craiglockhart Quadrant.

She had got off a bus in Colinton Road shortly before the attack, at about 10.30pm.

The man responsible had not been on either bus.

Crimestoppers national manager for Scotland, Angela Parker, said: “These victims have been through horrific ordeals which no one should ever have to endure.

“We are appealing to anybody who may have information on this attacker to contact our charity, with the promise that you will remain completely and totally anonymous.

“Please cast your mind back to August 2015. Was there somebody in your life, a colleague, a friend or a family member who was acting in an unusual way for them?

“The Edinburgh Fringe Festival was taking place and the Royal

Edinburgh Military Tattoo’s theme was East Meets West, to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

“People tell us how difficult it can be coming forward, but that our anonymity guarantee gives them the confidence to take action. You can call our UK Contact Centre on freephone 0800 555 111 or you can use our secure anonymous online form at Crimestoppers-uk.org.”