Girl, 14, raped yards from home

Detectives are hunting a man who raped a 14-year-old girl 200 yards from her home in north London.

She was attacked as she took a short cut through a block of flats near a church in Gospel Oak on Saturday night. A friend of the girl's family said she was traumatised.

The suspect is described as black, about 16 years old and 6ft tall with braided hair. He was wearing a white New York Yankees T-shirt and black jeans.

Anyone with information should contact Camden police on 020 8733 6482 or Crimestoppers in anonymity on 0800 555 111.