Spryfield fire

A woman suffered burns to both hands and was displaced, along with her four children, by a kitchen fire yesterday afternoon on Lavender Walk in Spryfield.

The woman was treated at hospital. She and her children, between 12 and 21, are staying with a relative and the Red Cross is helping with emergency supplies.

Sex assault on the waterfront

Police are investigating a report of a sexual assault on the waterfront.

An 17 year old teen reported he had sat down on a bench when a 40-50 year old man sat down beside him and reached under his clothes. The boy pushed the man away, ran off and called police.