A 14-year-old girl was seriously sexually assaulted on a train at Southend Victoria station, police have revealed.
The teenager was subjected to the terrifying ordeal after she and a friend met two boys aged about 16 on Southend seafront.
The group then walked from the seafront along the High Street to the station.
The victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and one of the boys got into one train carriage while the other girl, also 14, and the other boy sat in a different carriage. One of the girls was subjected to a serious sexual assault by the boy she was with.
Det Con John Deeley of British Transport Police said: "Unfortunately, there is no CCTV at the station either, but hopefully there was someone around, maybe in the carriage or elsewhere on the train, who saw what happened.
"The victim's friend and the other lad were in another carriage and did not know what was happening.
We do not believe the other boy had anything to do with the assault, but we would like him to come forward for questioning."
The incident happened at 9pm on Wednesday, April 16, but transport police have only just released the details.
A spokesman for First Great Eastern, which runs Southend Victoria station, said: "We don't have CCTV at the station because it is staffed until the station closes, unlike some others."
Call British Transport Police on 01702 466730 or 0207 3915275.
Published Tuesday, April 29, 2003
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