Three men arrested over Henley Regatta gang rape
- Victim was partying into the early hours of the morning near the River Thames
- Three men have been arrested on suspicion of gang-raping a young womanÂ
- Woman had left the Chinawhite enclosure, an exclusive £50-a-ticket after partyÂ
- Police said she walked towards a car parked in a quiet, residential street
- She was then raped by three men who, after the attack, drove off in a carÂ
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of gang-raping a young woman at the Henley Royal Regatta.
The trio were detained hours after police released CCTV images of three men they wanted to speak to about the alleged assault.
The sex attack was reported on the last night of the riverside regatta celebrations after the victim, who is in her 20s, reportedly left a £50-a-ticket event in the Chinawhite enclosure.
The trio was detained hours after police released CCTV images of three men they wanted to speak to about the alleged assaultÂ
The three men arrested were aged 23, 24 and 26 years and were from Bedford and Loughborough.Â
They were interviewed by detectives and then released pending further inquiries.
A spokesman for Thames Valley Police said: 'Between 12am and 2.30am on Sunday, July 2, the victim, a woman aged in her 20s, left the Chinawhite enclosure at the Henley Regatta with a party of people whom she had met there.
'She walked to a residential street in the Harpsden Road and Reading Road area of the town to a car where she was subsequently raped outside the vehicle. The three men then left in the vehicle.
The victim was partying into the early hours of the morning at the River Thames venue where DJ Pete Tong had been performing before she was attacked alongside a car. Stock photo of the race
The young woman left the Chinawhite enclosure, an exclusive £50-a-ticket afterparty, between midnight and 2.30am on Sunday with a group of people who she had met inside the party section. Stock photo
'A member of the public located the victim near the Three Horseshoes public house in Reading Road shortly before 2.30am and called police.
'Two men, aged 23 and 24, from Bedford and a 26-year-old man from Loughborough, have all been arrested on suspicion of rape. They have been released under investigation.'
Detective Inspector Ali Driver added: 'The victim is being supported by specially-trained officers at this time. If you have any information about this incident, please come forward and speak to officers as this could assist with our investigation.'Â
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