{"id":672789,"date":"2026-07-04T03:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T03:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/672789\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T03:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T03:46:14","slug":"man-arrested-in-connection-with-rape-of-teenage-girl-at-glasgow-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/672789\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested in connection with rape of teenage girl at Glasgow park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a girl\u00a0in the bushes at a Glasgow park.<\/p>\n<p>The 16-year-old was reportedly seriously sexually assaulted in Springburn Park between 8.30pm and 9.10pm on June 26.<\/p>\n<p>The teenager was walking near the Moongate on the northeast side of the park when a man allegedly approached and pushed her into nearby bushes.<\/p>\n<p>Officers have arrested a 36-year-old man in connection.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Inspector Sharon McPeake said: \u201cWe understand this has been a concerning incident and I would take the opportunity to thank the public for their assistance with our investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are continuing to engage with the local community and anyone with concerns is encouraged to speak to one of our officers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has been arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a girl\u00a0in the bushes at a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-672789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}