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To suspect police are worried about vigilantes - Epsom attack

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ReadingCrimeFiction · 14/04/2026 16:19

I live relatively close to Epsom and so this appalling assault is all over my news feeds and social media.

BBC News - Town left in shock by appalling rape outside church
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8dl5yevjg9o

The police have asked for witnesses but no descriptions have been given. Cue lots of very disturbing posts and comments from people who very clearly think these men are not white.

I can think of half a dozen scenarios where this is not being disclosed but, based on the comments, I think it all comes down to fears that local communities will take it on themselves to "apprehend" anyone who even vaguely looks like the perpetrators? And while the comments I am seeing are mostly white people being disgusting in their assumptions about brown and black people, i can imagine police would he equally concerned if, for example, the woman was Asian or Black and her attackers were white.

Is this where we are at? Where people make horrible racist assumptions and/or where police have to worry about how they will protect the broader community if they give any details of criminals?

A church built with stone. There is a sign in front of the building.

Epsom left in shock by appalling rape outside church

Helen Maguire says she is "appalled" by the incident outside Epsom Methodist Church on Saturday.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8dl5yevjg9o

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Hoardasurass · 16/04/2026 08:19

When serious attacks happen especially those which a certain demographic of men are more likely to commit and the police refuse to give a description then people just presume that its that demographic and unfortunately the presumptions often turn out to be correct which reinforces the assumption that they are protecting that group over the local population.

The real problem is we are allowing men from cultures that treat women worse than chattle to come on mass to the UK move them into unsuitable accommodation and they hang around schools harassing girls, hang around nightclubs waiting on drunk women and its not just lone men its gangs of them. And tge response to the behaviour of the men is to do nothing, and in Scotland school girls are being given rape alarms because of these men and their disgusting behaviour.

People are angry and if the government doesn't start removing these men from the UK asap there will be violent riots and vigilante attacks very soon

https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/rape-alarms-schoolgirls-must-wake-36986888

Rape alarms for schoolchildren must be 'wake up call' for John Swinney

EXCLUSIVE: It comes after teenagers were handed the devices in Dumfries after reporting sinister behaviour of men staying at a migrant hotel

https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/rape-alarms-schoolgirls-must-wake-36986888

NeelyOHara · 16/04/2026 08:20

Yeah, it does seem odd that they don’t have a description by now, with the victim statement, all the ring doorbells and the cctv.

Dollymylove · 16/04/2026 08:20

Update is that Epsoms Chief Superintendent will meet tonight with the residents and reveal what they should have revealed days ago.
So perhaps the public will learn exactly why the Po-po have been so tightlipped

Parsley4321 · 16/04/2026 08:22

@Hoardasurass yep
Is anyone in Epsom who can confirm or deny there is a hotel housing migrants there ?
seems like Southport over again and that ridiculous post with John Swinney holding that board

NoisyHiker · 16/04/2026 08:25

I personally don't give a shit what colour these vile attackers are. It has no bearing on my disgust and rage at their crime, or my sorrow for the poor woman who now has to live with it.

But what I don't understand is what the police are playing at. If they currently have no identified suspects then say that. If they have descriptions or efits from the victim or witnesses then why not provide them? Surely that would help bring these filth to justice sooner.

They are creating the vacuum.

And I won't blame the police, but the judiciary are responsible for the rise of vigilantes. The severe lack of consequences and adaquate punishment is making the country feel lawless.

I think the hardline policing of the Southport riots made things feel worse. Not because rioters were harshly punished (as they should be) but because thieves, rapists, thugs and monsters seem to get a pass to keep reoffending. They showed that they can mete out punishments, but choose not to in the majority of cases.

WhisperingShadowsStoptheworldiwannagetoffNSOUl · 16/04/2026 08:26

Hoardasurass · 16/04/2026 08:19

When serious attacks happen especially those which a certain demographic of men are more likely to commit and the police refuse to give a description then people just presume that its that demographic and unfortunately the presumptions often turn out to be correct which reinforces the assumption that they are protecting that group over the local population.

The real problem is we are allowing men from cultures that treat women worse than chattle to come on mass to the UK move them into unsuitable accommodation and they hang around schools harassing girls, hang around nightclubs waiting on drunk women and its not just lone men its gangs of them. And tge response to the behaviour of the men is to do nothing, and in Scotland school girls are being given rape alarms because of these men and their disgusting behaviour.

People are angry and if the government doesn't start removing these men from the UK asap there will be violent riots and vigilante attacks very soon

https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/rape-alarms-schoolgirls-must-wake-36986888

Riots are never the answer as it usually involves destroying amenities within such as the bozos who set fire to a library last summer.
All females regardless of age shouldn't be harassed or accosted by any man regardless of colour unfortunately we are light years away from that happening .

Quine0nline · 16/04/2026 08:40

The rapist is always a man, that's true. Why though is it when the likelihood or the actuality is that the male rapist is a migrant, asylum seeker or a refugee, that people who feel aggrieved at the crimes of such people organise and get lots of fellow protesters out, but when the rapist is White or born in the UK, there's never a protest?
Obviously there are a lot of people such as the women who.protesred against the killer of Sarah everard happy to come out and protest. Must fewrr who did the same for Zara Aleena? Racist women?

Sskka · 16/04/2026 08:44

Quine0nline · 16/04/2026 08:40

The rapist is always a man, that's true. Why though is it when the likelihood or the actuality is that the male rapist is a migrant, asylum seeker or a refugee, that people who feel aggrieved at the crimes of such people organise and get lots of fellow protesters out, but when the rapist is White or born in the UK, there's never a protest?
Obviously there are a lot of people such as the women who.protesred against the killer of Sarah everard happy to come out and protest. Must fewrr who did the same for Zara Aleena? Racist women?

Because when the problem is migrant rapists there’s something specific, and on the face of it fairly straightforward, which we can do about that specific problem, but for whatever reason we aren’t doing.

ikeepforgetting · 16/04/2026 08:46

Why would anyone think these 'protestors' give a flying f about women's safety? They'll all be on the bus home if the perpetrators turn out to be white. Sickens me.

MaturingCheeseball · 16/04/2026 08:48

White men rape, sure, but not really in packs . I think that is what has given rise to the rumours. There was another post-nightclub gang rape in Brighton and one in Bournemouth too.

NeelyOHara · 16/04/2026 08:49

ikeepforgetting · 16/04/2026 08:46

Why would anyone think these 'protestors' give a flying f about women's safety? They'll all be on the bus home if the perpetrators turn out to be white. Sickens me.

Maybe some of them live there and have wives and daughters? I’d not want my daughter going out in Epsom at the moment if there’s a rape gang knocking around, call me precious.

Parsley4321 · 16/04/2026 08:50

@MaturingCheeseball and the 12 year old whose rapists x 3 got off last week I think it’ll was they filmed the rape as well freaks

EvangelicalAboutButteredToast · 16/04/2026 08:51

Sskka · 16/04/2026 08:44

Because when the problem is migrant rapists there’s something specific, and on the face of it fairly straightforward, which we can do about that specific problem, but for whatever reason we aren’t doing.

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I think if it was easily remedied, it would be remedied.

EvangelicalAboutButteredToast · 16/04/2026 08:52

Parsley4321 · 16/04/2026 08:50

@MaturingCheeseball and the 12 year old whose rapists x 3 got off last week I think it’ll was they filmed the rape as well freaks

What do you mean ‘they got off?’ Is this the case in America?

MaturingCheeseball · 16/04/2026 08:54

It’s astonishing that women on here - women - see a gang rape as less important than defending the rumoured perpetrators. “Nowt to see here! Move along. The woman was probably drunk. And in a short skirt.” Strewth. Can’t believe it.

Parsley4321 · 16/04/2026 08:54

@EvangelicalAboutButteredToast sadky not uk let me see if I can find a link hold fire

JulietteHasAGun · 16/04/2026 08:56

I thought the police had been told after a previous incident they should release descriptions of suspects quicker and not hide stuff?

Sskka · 16/04/2026 08:59

EvangelicalAboutButteredToast · 16/04/2026 08:51

I think if it was easily remedied, it would be remedied.

But it’s not clear why that is? In which case it should be no surprise that it provokes unrest.

Parsley4321 · 16/04/2026 08:59

@EvangelicalAboutButteredToast therecwas a migrant taping a 12 year old in Nuneaton he got 15 years trying to find the 3 that got off last week

Shayisgreat · 16/04/2026 09:04

MaturingCheeseball · 16/04/2026 08:54

It’s astonishing that women on here - women - see a gang rape as less important than defending the rumoured perpetrators. “Nowt to see here! Move along. The woman was probably drunk. And in a short skirt.” Strewth. Can’t believe it.

I don't see anyone defending the perpetrators. I see people objecting to racists using this horrific attack to progress their agenda. I also see people criticising the police. Who here has been victim blaming?

EvangelicalAboutButteredToast · 16/04/2026 09:04

MaturingCheeseball · 16/04/2026 08:54

It’s astonishing that women on here - women - see a gang rape as less important than defending the rumoured perpetrators. “Nowt to see here! Move along. The woman was probably drunk. And in a short skirt.” Strewth. Can’t believe it.

It’s called a clash of rights. You are seeing it more and more. Racism trumps misogyny and girls and womens rights to safety, it also trumps disability rights (see the BAFTAs debacle), but Trans and LBTQ+ rights trumps racism.

Parsley4321 · 16/04/2026 09:05

It was 3 Egyptians who filmed taped spat on a 33 year old drunk woman in Brighton
still loooking for the other one. It’s an absolute disgrace these men are not suitable to be in the UK

HopeP · 16/04/2026 09:05

Parsley4321 · 16/04/2026 08:59

@EvangelicalAboutButteredToast therecwas a migrant taping a 12 year old in Nuneaton he got 15 years trying to find the 3 that got off last week

I think it was this https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c393knw243ro although little detail in this article. The accused were all minors so very little reported about them. I'm sure I read a longer article about it somewhere and it was truly depressing reading

The figure of Lady Justice holding scales in her left hand and a sword in her right on top of the central criminal court in London.

Three teenage boys cleared of raping girl aged 13 in Rochdale

The boys aged 16, 15 and 14 are cleared of being involved in the rape of a girl in February 2024.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c393knw243ro

AClassicTrenchcoat · 16/04/2026 09:05

Whether or not these men come from an asylum/illegal immigration background is immaterial to the protest. The vile rapists may well be white, or West Indian - we don’t know. But people are filling in the blanks and assuming things because these types of attacks on children and young women are on the rise, and behaviours are having to be changed by the people who live here legitimately to offset the behaviours of those that are not westernised, have primitive views about women and children, and who feel powerless because society seems to be turning a blind eye to the effects of mass immigration, and their needs being put above British people (from all backgrounds). And a sense that law and order has broken down, and the taxpayer is paying for all of the associated costs to boot.

Any debate until recently about this has been badged as racist, and this is the result. More crime and then more demonstrations by a combination of right wing opportunists and the worried ordinary person who sees dangers and a massive change to everyday life. People see that we have no effective way of managing the large swathes of young men from cultures in direct opposition to ours and nobody in power seems to care. Add in the well meaning but deluded do-gooders who have slapped down the debate. That is why Reform will get in. They are manipulating the failure of successive governments to act on this. Women and children are already changing behaviours to try to not become victims. The whole world has issues with white males who have bought into the manosphere incel culture. This is now added to by the rights of illegal men from backward cultures allowed to roam free in our cities and towns, irrevocably changing the way we live. It is not just their views on women, it is illegal shops on the High Street, fraud, etc. It is too late to change this despite Reform saying they can.

That’s why people are demonstrating. Leaving aside the flag waving zealots, it is people who are frightened for their children and the country they are living in which has changed so much in such a short time. They demo because until the General Election they have no other voice.

EvangelicalAboutButteredToast · 16/04/2026 09:05

JulietteHasAGun · 16/04/2026 08:56

I thought the police had been told after a previous incident they should release descriptions of suspects quicker and not hide stuff?

Only if it’s a white person or someone with a British identity.

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