US Edition'Significant' Investigation After Boy, 8, Sexually Assaulted at Campsite
DRUMNADROCHIT, HIGHLANDS, SCOTLAND, JUL 31 – Police Scotland is conducting extensive inquiries and urging witnesses to come forward as specialist officers support the victim and his family after the assault.
- On Thursday, Police Scotland launched a manhunt after an eight-year-old boy was sexually assaulted in his tent at Loch Ness Bay Campsite, Drumnadrochit.
- Between 12.20am and 1am on Thursday, the white man aged between 35 and 50 years, around 5ft 10ins tall and bald, approached the boy’s tent during the attack.
- Specialist officers are supporting the boy and his family, and investigations include local area enquiries and CCTV review, Detective Inspector Christopher Macleod said.
- Residents received reassurances from police presence, with officers swarming the campsite and promising extra patrols to reassure the local community.
- Detectives appealed to campers for help and asked anyone with information to call Police Scotland on 101 quoting incident number 0167 of July 31, 2025.
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Father of boy sexually assaulted in tent saw suspect walk away, police say
The eight-year-old was attacked at Loch Ness Bay campsite near Drumnadrochit in the Highlands in the early hours of Thursday. The father of a young boy who was sexually assaulted at a campsite in the Highlands saw the suspect walk away from his son’s tent, police have said. Detective Superintendent Calum Smith said the eight-year-old had been left “traumatised and upset” by the incident, which took place at the Loch Ness Bay campsite near Drumna…
Drumnadrochit: 'Significant' police investigation after boy, 8, sexually assaulted at Scottish campsite
Police have said: "This sexual assault was carried out on a young boy, who was camping overnight with his family, and it is vital we trace the man responsible as soon as possible.”
Urgent manhunt launched after boy, 8, sexually assaulted in tent while his parents camped nearby
Police officers have launched an urgent manhunt after an eight-year-old boy was sexually assaulted at a campground.The schoolboy was camping with his family at Loch Ness when the incident occurred.It is understood a man approached the boy in his tent at Loch Ness Bay Campsite in Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire, between midnight and 1am this morning.The boy's family is believed to have been in an adjacent tent at the time of the incident.The perpe…
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