Heavily Pregnant woman tells of rape by gun raiders in her own home

September 30, 2009 by Baby Chums
Filed under: News

A 33 year-old heavily pregnant woman was raped in her London home by gunpoint and with her terrified boyfriend present.

cctv-pregnant-woman-raped The woman was watching TV with her boyfriend when the men struck at 10.30pm.

Her boyfriend, 39, was clubbed on the head and threatened with a sawn-off shotgun as the gang demanded the keys to their Audi TT car.

One of the men grabbed the woman and took her upstairs where she was forced to commit a sex act which police described as “oral rape”.

He threatened to shoot her and her boyfriend if she did not do as he said. The men took a phone, iPod, cash, debit cards and laptop and then escaped in the Audi parked outside the couple’s home in Finsbury Park.

The woman victim of the rape speaks of the attack on BBC’s Crimewatch tonight saying: “Everything that you believe to be safe is no longer safe. You can’t walk into the bedroom and feel relaxed because you remember that someone was in there who wasn’t supposed to be in there.”

Of the attack itself she said: “At that stage I just wanted to protect my baby I was absolutely terrified and being so late in the pregnancy I didn’t want to get into a fight where they might hurt me or hurt the baby. He said it was my lucky day.”

Her partner said: “I pleaded, I was shouting, she’s pregnant, she’s pregnant, leave off her, tell me what you want’.”

Scotland Yard today offered a £20,000 reward for information and released CCTV images of the suspects.

The attack took place on 14 May last year. Police said details were being revealed only after other efforts to trace the men had failed.

Detective Inspector Robert Pack said: “Every rape is a very serious crime but what makes this all the more shocking was the victim was so clearly heavily pregnant.” He added: “Allegiances may have changed over the last 14 months and we would urge anyone with information to contact us.” A reconstruction of the robbery will be shown on Crimewatch tonight on BBC1.

A police source said: “This was a horrendous experience for the couple. The woman is being incredibly brave and has coped remarkably well.”

The couple had been watching TV when the boyfriend, a businessman, heard a noise and opened the front door. He saw some men wearing scarves and balaclavas at the end of the path and tried to shut the door but they forced their way in, pushing him to the floor and threatening him.

Mr Pack said: “There is a reward on offer of up to £20,000 and I hope there are people out there who are prepared to do the right thing and tell us what they know.” The car was found in north London two days later.

The Met is tackling a surge in burglaries in London, in particular gangs who target houses to steal the keys of cars parked outside. Police released images of three men caught on CCTV shortly before the Finsbury Park attack who they wish to question. The man who carried out the sex assault is described as black, 6ft, aged 18 to 25 and stocky. He wore a black balaclava, black jacket and black tracksuit bottoms.

A second man was black or Asian, 5ft 6ins and about 18. He wore light grey tracksuit bottoms, black trainers and a zip-up jacket with red sleeves.

The third suspect, who had the gun, was black, 5ft 10ins, and aged between 18 and 22. He was wearing burgundy tracksuit bottoms. Two men were caught on CCTV outside a mini-market at the corner of Seven Sisters Road and Durham Road in Holloway 10 minutes before the attack.

A third man is caught on camera at 10.02pm on the corner of Seven Sisters Road and Fonthill Road in Finsbury Park. Police said they were keen to trace the men, if only to eliminate them from inquiries.