Councillors in Coventry condemn racially aggravated rape and say 'sickening'

Councillors have condemned the rape of a young girl in the West Midlands. She was allegedly racially abused during the attack in Oldbury.

Police were called to Tame Road just before 8.30am last Tuesday (September 9) after a woman in her 20s reported being raped. Sikh leaders in Coventry have described the incident as 'deeply troubling.'

Cllr Jaswant Birdi, from Bablake, Coventry , said the attack was 'sickening.' He told CoventryLive that he hopes the perpetrators are swiftly brought to justice.

He said: “In the present day and age, there is no place for such abhorrent, racially motivated sexual rape attacks taking place during the daytime, they are not acceptable and are strongly condemned.

“Sikhs at large are totally devastated and deplore such sickening behaviour and are in thei