Appeal: Assault, Ilkley Moor

*Tuesday 18 March 2025*

Detectives are investigating a report that a teenage girl was assaulted on Ilkley Moor whilst walking her dog.

Officers took a report that a 16 year old girl had been assaulted on Ilkley Moor at around 4.15pm yesterday (17 March) by an unknown man.  

It happened near to The Poetry Seat near to Backstone Beck on Ilkley Moor.

The victim suffered minor injuries that didn’t require hospital treatment but has been left shaken by the incident.  

The suspect ran off after her dog started barking.  

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