Reassurances have been given to around 80 residents following a serious sexual attack on an 11-year-old girl in a Llanbradach park earlier this month.
A public meeting at the village community centre in Llanbradach was attended by Police Superintendent Jon Burley, who is responsible for day-to-day neighbourhood policing in the Caerphilly area, Frances Beecher, Chief Executive of Llamau, which runs the Garth Owen project for young homeless, and Greg Thomas, Head of Service at mental health charity Gofal Cymru. It runs Jubilee House in the village.
Ward councillor Colin Mann said: “We felt it was extremely important that residents had a briefing from the police and other organisations following the most recent incident in the park which followed a killing in the village last year.
“Residents got the opportunity to ask questions and I think the majority of them felt the meeting had been useful for them. The police team present reassured people following what have been two incidents in the village in a relatively short period of time. They pointed out that Llanbradach does have a very low level of crime despite the two extremely unusual recent incidents.
“Supt Burley stressed that the latest incident had no connection, whatsoever, either with residents at Jubilee House or those at Garth Owen, where there is 24-hour staffing.”
