Paxton Pits attacker remains 'danger to the public' - police

A woman who was violently assaulted at a nature reserve says she remains "very angry" by the attack.

The victim, in her 50s, was found unconscious by dog walkers at Paxton Pits, Cambridgeshire, on 29 June 2023.

She told BBC Crimewatch Live: "I want this perpetrator caught so that he won't be able to do what he did to me to anybody else."

The woman suffered serious injuries in the attack, including three fractures to her skull.

"I remember feeling aware of somebody coming up behind me and I remember the feeling of being clamped by somebody with their arms round my chest and arms squeezing the air out of me," she told the programme.

"I felt an overwhelming feeling of panic as I couldn't breathe, I was thinking I've got to breathe otherwise I'm going to become unconscious and then who knows - and then I passed out.

"I'm very angry about what has happened to me. I want this perpetrator caught so that he won't be able to do what he did to me to anybody else."

Det Insp Verity McCann, said: "This was not an accident due to the number of injuries that she had, the placement and the severity.

"This is an isolated incident but we've got an individual out there that's unidentified at this time, that is a danger to the public and we need to find them and bring them to justice."

The victim's dog was found unharmed a short distance away and her watch was later handed in to the Paxton Pits Visitor Centre, close to St Neots, at about 14:30 BST on Saturday 1 July.

The person who gave it in did not leave a name and police would still like to speak to them.

Cambridgeshire Police has continued to appeal for information.

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