Woman raped in front of her children

Detectives in Northern Ireland are hunting a man who raped a mother in front of her two young children. Details emerged about the sexual assault which took place at a popular nature spot in south Armagh. The attacker is thought to have been walking a dog when he raped his victim in the National Trust-owned Derrymore Wood in Bessbrook on Saturday evening. The man approached the woman and pushed her against a rock in an area known locally as "the bridge" where he subjected her to a serious sexual assault. The attacker ran off when one of the 23-year-old's children started to cry. The Police Service of Northern Ireland said the man they were looking for is in his 50s and has white hair. He was a wearing a beret-style hat, dressy trousers and a dark-coloured jacket. They said the dog he was walking was small and white, possibly a Scottish Terrier, and it was wearing a tartan coat.