Death leap of girl who said police 疑問d her 強姦 （人命などを）奪う，主張する

by SIMON CABLE

Last updated at 09:47 05 June 2007


A 十代の少年少女 jumped to her death from a motorway 橋（渡しをする） because she thought police did not believe her 報告（する）／憶測 of 存在 強姦d, her family （人命などを）奪う，主張するd yesterday.

Sara Clark's parents, Amanda and Howell, said the 普通は bubbly 18-year-old became depressed when officers failed to keep a 約束 to visit her the day after she 報告（する）／憶測d the attack.

"If only they had spoken to her she would be alive today," said Mrs Clark, 44.

Hampshire Police 主張するd last night, however, that they had been 扱う／治療するing the 事例／患者 本気で and an 調査 was in 進歩.

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Mr Clark, 50, a computer engineer, said his daughter was 強姦d 近づく the family home in the 早期に hours of Wednesday as she returned from a night out with friends.

He said she was walking alone past a recreation ground when a man grabbed her from behind before sexually 強襲，強姦ing her.

She すぐに 警報d police in a 999 call from the scene and was interviewed at nearby Totton police 駅／配置する.

She was then taken to a 性の 強襲，強姦 referral centre for 医療の 実験（する）s and more interviews, with her mother 現在の to support her.

These were followed by その上の 血 実験（する）s before she was interviewed at home by two 探偵，刑事s.

Mrs Clark said her daughter "was getting depressed and low" as she waited for the police to call again.

"They 約束d to come 支援する to her the next day," she said. "They didn't."

Mrs Clark 述べるd Sara as "a happy

bubbly person", although she said she had been 苦しむing from 不景気 for some time に引き続いて a 分裂（する） from her boyfriend.

She left the family home in Calmore, nea r Southampton, at about 3am on Saturday after 負担ing her new iPod with songs and using an online messaging service on her computer.

Her 団体／死体 was 設立する below the footbridge on the nearby M27 motorway by a lorry driver at around 3.50am.

Later that morning Mr Clark heard of the 悲劇 on the 無線で通信する news.

Worried that the description of the 犠牲者 matched his daughter, he went to her bedroom and 設立する it empty.

Sara left no 公式文書，認める but her father believes she killed herself because she felt police did not believe her story of the attack.

He said he had no 疑問 his daughter had been 強姦d.

"Evidently she felt she wasn't 存在 believed or was 存在 ignored.

"She probably had the feeling that nobody cared about her."

Hampshire Police 主張するd last night they had taken the 強姦 主張 本気で. 探偵，刑事 視察官 Kath Barnes said:

"We wish to 安心させる them that her 主張s were taken 本気で as are any 報告（する）／憶測s of this nature.

"We can 確認する that she made an 主張 of 性の 強襲，強姦 to us in the 早期に hours of Wednesday May 30 and patrol officers were （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd すぐに."

Mr Barnes said they had 非常線，警戒線d off the scene and carried out 法廷の examinations 同様に as calling in specialist 捜査官／調査官s to talk to Sara.

"Sara was その上の seen by 探偵，刑事s later the same day to discuss the 調査," she 追加するd.

Mr Barnes said that, as police were already 伴う／関わるd, the 事例／患者 has been 報告（する）／憶測d to the 独立した・無所属 Police （民事の）告訴s （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 "as a 事柄 of 決まりきった仕事".

The （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 had begun an 調査 of Sara's death and the 扱うing of her 主張 that she had been attacked.

The 軍隊's 公式の／役人 広報担当者, Avril MacDonald, said: "We are unable to comment その上の at this time, but welcome any 客観的な and 独立した・無所属 review as we wish to be transparent and open about our 活動／戦闘s.

"Hampsh 怒らせる Constabulary send their sincere 弔慰s to Sara Clark's family and friends during this very difficult time."

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