Girl, 8, raped at Southland beach
Police are hunting for an offender after an eight-year-old girl was sexually assaulted at Oreti Beach in Southland.
Police are hunting for an offender after an eight-year-old girl was sexually assaulted at Oreti Beach (Thinkstock)
Police are hunting a man who sexually assaulted an eight-year-old girl at a Southland beach.
The incident happened in the sand dunes of Oreti Beach, about 50m south of the main entrance about 4pm on Saturday, Detective Don Ward said.
There was a large number of people on the beach and police believed the man was seen by children playing in the area at the time.
Det Ward asked for witnesses or anyone with information to contact police or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
The incident happened in the sand dunes of Oreti Beach, about 50m south of the main entrance about 4pm on Saturday, Detective Don Ward said.
There was a large number of people on the beach and police believed the man was seen by children playing in the area at the time.
Det Ward asked for witnesses or anyone with information to contact police or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
10:11 NZDT Mon Feb 4 2013
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British police officer says he felt he was "stomping on the grave" of a
four-year-old boy whose identity he used in an undercover
investigation.
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officers working for Britain's largest force reportedly used the
identities of dead children and issued fake passports in their names.
The Metropolitan police authorised the practice for covert officers infiltrating protest groups without consulting or informing the children's parents, the Guardian newspaper reported.
Over three decades generations of officers went through national birth and death records in search of suitable matches, the newspaper said.
The creation of aliases resulted in officers being issued with official documents such as driving licences and national insurance numbers.
Scotland Yard said on Sunday the practice was not "currently" authorised.
It also announced an investigation into "past arrangements for undercover identities used by SDS (Special Demonstration Squad) officers".
The practice was allegedly adopted to lend credibility to officers working undercover and provide them with a back story while spying.
One officer, who adopted the fake persona of Pete Black while undercover in anti-racist groups, told the Guardian he felt he was "stomping on the grave" of the four-year-old boy whose identity he used.
"A part of me was thinking about how I would feel if someone was taking the names and details of my dead son for something like this," he said.
Another officer, who used the identity of a child car crash victim, said he was conscious the parents would "still be grief-stricken" but argued his actions could be justified because they were for the "greater good".
Both officers worked for the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS), which was apparently disbanded in 2008.
A document seen by the newspaper indicated around 80 officers used such identities between 1968 and 1994, it was reported.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said on Sunday: "A formal complaint has been received which is being investigated by the DPS (Directorate for Professional Standards) and we appreciate the concerns that have been raised.
"The DPS inquiry is taking place in conjunction with Operation Herne's investigation into the wider issue of past arrangements for undercover identities used by SDS officers.
"We can confirm that the practice referred to in the complaint is not something that would currently be authorised in the MPS (Metropolitan Police Service).
Keith Vaz, the chairman of parliament's home affairs select committee, which will hear evidence about undercover policing on Tuesday, said he was shocked at the "gruesome" practice.
He told the Guardian: "It will only cause enormous distress to families who will discover what has happened concerning the identities of their dead children."
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The Metropolitan police authorised the practice for covert officers infiltrating protest groups without consulting or informing the children's parents, the Guardian newspaper reported.
Over three decades generations of officers went through national birth and death records in search of suitable matches, the newspaper said.
The creation of aliases resulted in officers being issued with official documents such as driving licences and national insurance numbers.
Scotland Yard said on Sunday the practice was not "currently" authorised.
It also announced an investigation into "past arrangements for undercover identities used by SDS (Special Demonstration Squad) officers".
The practice was allegedly adopted to lend credibility to officers working undercover and provide them with a back story while spying.
One officer, who adopted the fake persona of Pete Black while undercover in anti-racist groups, told the Guardian he felt he was "stomping on the grave" of the four-year-old boy whose identity he used.
"A part of me was thinking about how I would feel if someone was taking the names and details of my dead son for something like this," he said.
Another officer, who used the identity of a child car crash victim, said he was conscious the parents would "still be grief-stricken" but argued his actions could be justified because they were for the "greater good".
Both officers worked for the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS), which was apparently disbanded in 2008.
A document seen by the newspaper indicated around 80 officers used such identities between 1968 and 1994, it was reported.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said on Sunday: "A formal complaint has been received which is being investigated by the DPS (Directorate for Professional Standards) and we appreciate the concerns that have been raised.
"The DPS inquiry is taking place in conjunction with Operation Herne's investigation into the wider issue of past arrangements for undercover identities used by SDS officers.
"We can confirm that the practice referred to in the complaint is not something that would currently be authorised in the MPS (Metropolitan Police Service).
Keith Vaz, the chairman of parliament's home affairs select committee, which will hear evidence about undercover policing on Tuesday, said he was shocked at the "gruesome" practice.
He told the Guardian: "It will only cause enormous distress to families who will discover what has happened concerning the identities of their dead children."
10:01 NZDT Mon Feb 4 2013
Iran says it will hold new talks with world powers on its nuclear drive and is also open to a US offer for two-way discussions.
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Iran has announced
fresh talks with world powers on its nuclear drive and says it is open
to a US offer for two-way discussions if Washington's intention is
"authentic".
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said the six world powers planned to resume talks in Kazakhstan on February 25 and he insisted Iran had never pulled back from the negotiations.
"I have good news, I've heard yesterday that 5+1 or EU3+3 will be meeting in Kazakhstan 25th of February," Salehi said during a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference on Sunday.
Iran and six world powers - the US, China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany - held three rounds of talks last year aimed at easing the standoff over Iran's nuclear activities, which Tehran insists are peaceful.
The six, known as the P5+1 or EU3+3, called on Iran to scale back its program but stopped short of meeting Tehran's demands to scale back sanctions and the last round ended in stalemate in June in Moscow.
Since then, talks have been held up over disagreements on their location.
The new date for talks has not been confirmed by the office of the EU foreign policy chief, leading the negotiations.
"It was not us who has stepped back. But anyway we still are very hopeful," Salehi said.
He added that Iran took comments by US officials, including Vice-resident Joe Biden who said in Munich on Saturday that Washington was ready to hold talks with Iran on its nuclear program, "with positive consideration".
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking just before the formal start of talks to build Israel's new ruling coalition, said the most important mission facing the new government was preventing a nuclear Iran.
"It is a mission which has become more complicated because Iran has equipped itself with new centrifuges which reduce the enrichment time," he said.
"We cannot live with this process."
It was the first official reaction since it emerged that Tehran was planning to install more modern equipment at the Natanz uranium enrichment plant in central Iran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said the six world powers planned to resume talks in Kazakhstan on February 25 and he insisted Iran had never pulled back from the negotiations.
"I have good news, I've heard yesterday that 5+1 or EU3+3 will be meeting in Kazakhstan 25th of February," Salehi said during a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference on Sunday.
Iran and six world powers - the US, China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany - held three rounds of talks last year aimed at easing the standoff over Iran's nuclear activities, which Tehran insists are peaceful.
The six, known as the P5+1 or EU3+3, called on Iran to scale back its program but stopped short of meeting Tehran's demands to scale back sanctions and the last round ended in stalemate in June in Moscow.
Since then, talks have been held up over disagreements on their location.
The new date for talks has not been confirmed by the office of the EU foreign policy chief, leading the negotiations.
"It was not us who has stepped back. But anyway we still are very hopeful," Salehi said.
He added that Iran took comments by US officials, including Vice-resident Joe Biden who said in Munich on Saturday that Washington was ready to hold talks with Iran on its nuclear program, "with positive consideration".
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking just before the formal start of talks to build Israel's new ruling coalition, said the most important mission facing the new government was preventing a nuclear Iran.
"It is a mission which has become more complicated because Iran has equipped itself with new centrifuges which reduce the enrichment time," he said.
"We cannot live with this process."
It was the first official reaction since it emerged that Tehran was planning to install more modern equipment at the Natanz uranium enrichment plant in central Iran.
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