The appeal for information about a sexual assault in Dunstable was given national television coverage last week as it was featured on BBC’s Crimewatch.
Information about the incident – which began at 6.55pm on February 21 – provided by the victim made it possible for a reconstruction to be filmed and broadcast on BBC1 last Thursday (May 30).
The victim – in her 20s – was pulling out of the Shell garage in Poynters Road when a man entered her grey 4x4 vehicle through the passenger door.
At knifepoint, he forcedher to drive to Tomlinson Avenue where the attack tok place shortly after 7pm.
Det Ins Ruth Dodsworth of the Beds, Herts and Cambs Major Crime Unit was interviewed for the programme.
Describing the victim’s ordeal, she said: “She’s alone in the car, and the offender takes his opportunity and makes quite a confident approach and is in the car before she’s had chance to do anything.
“He pulled a knife on her, grabbed her by the hair – he had control of her within a couple of seconds.”
The offender is sdescribed as a white man, about 5ft 10ins tall, and of slim-to-medium build. He was wearing dark trousers with fluorescent markings, and short zips at the bottom.
If you have any information about the incident, call officers from the MCU on 01707 355959, or CrimeStoppers on 0800 555111.