Police are investigating after a teenage girl was allegedly raped in St Mary Cray on Saturday (July 18).

Officers were called at around 6pm to reports of a sexual assault on a 16-year-old girl at Riverside Gardens.

A section of Riverside Gardens was cordoned off after the attack, which happened between 4pm and 6pm. 

Forensic teams were seen searching the area on Sunday morning and a lone police officer was on duty outside the cordon on nearby Kent Road during the afternoon. 

Officers from the Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Command are investigating.

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A police officer on duty on Kent Road, St Mary Cray

No arrests have been made.