'There are women scared of going over the bridge at night'
Concerns for female safety in Lagan Valley Regional Park have been raised amid a council and Stormont department row over a Lagan footbridge.
The council's communities and wellbeing committee this week heard councillors fears of repeat rape incidents in the park after members approved a motion to partner with the NI Executive to end violence against women.READ MORE: PSNI 'conflict barracks' a barrier to female victims of violence reporting crime.
In December 2019, two men abducted and raped a 12 year-old child on the Lagan Towpath in Lisburn. Gerard McKenna from Belfast and Paul Sheridan from Ballynahinch were convicted of the charges in 2022.
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