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Schoolgirl raped

A schoolgirl who was raped after a birthday shopping trip on Thursday did not hear her attacker approach because of her personal stereo, police said yesterday. The girl was left battered and bruised after the attack which took place on wasteland near Colmers Farm Secondary School in Longbridge, Birmingham.

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