Boy, 14, arrested after woman raped in nightclub toilets is released on bail

A teenage boy arrested after a woman was raped in the toilets of a city centre nightclub has been released on bail. The 14 year-old was held after the incident at the Bloom club in Manchester's gay village in the early hours of Wednesday morning, June 29.

A female customer and her friends reported being approached by a teenager offering to sell them drugs at around 4.15am, and he entered the male toilets with the woman, according to police.

It is then alleged the woman was raped inside one of the toilet cubicles. The woman is said to have texted her friends asking for help around twenty minutes later, who then alerted club staff.

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A teenager was located and detained outside the club but was allowed to leave when they were told the victim didn't want the police called, a police report to the city council said. However, at around 5am one of the victim's friends contacted Greater Manchester Police (GMP) to report the incident and officers attended the premises.

A 14-year-old boy was later arrested on suspicion of rape and taken into custody for questioning. Today, Saturday, July 2, GMP confirmed he had now been bailed as investigations continue.

A Manchester City Council licencing hearing yesterday (Friday) heard allegations a member of security staff went into the toilets, knocked on the cubicle and realised there were two people inside and allowed them to remain in there together and left.

Whilst PC Stuart Hammersley speaking on behalf of GMP also said he was "shocked" the nightclub did not contact the police after the incident was reported to them and that "any forensic opportunities were lost" as a result.

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