A young woman was subjected to a terrifying sex attack at a wooded area where another victim was targeted last week.Cops taped off an area at Meadowside Street, near Clyde Street, in Renfrew, after the 23-year-old woman was assaulted in the early hours of Monday morning.Investigations are at an “early stage” but officers are carrying out enquiries to establish the full circumstances.The attack has caused huge concern for woman’s safety in the area as the incident comes just a week after a 27-year-old woman was assaulted in the same street.The first victim was left badly shaken after she was approached by a man on the Clyde Walkway at around 7.45pm last Monday, April 25. Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.
Sign up to our newsletters here. A concerned resident told Renfrewshire Live: “In recent weeks, females haven’t been safe in their own community.“Woman and girls are being followed, watched and attacked by creepy men.“Multiple times I have heard of woman and children reporting that a man has been hiding in bushes and jumping out at them and more often than not, attack them.“Police need to be doing more to protect woman, this level of fear shared by woman just isn’t right.”SNP candidate for Renfrew South and Gallowhill, Cathy McEwan is “concerned” about the attacks and is urging woman to report any suspicious behaviour.She said: “I am obviously very concerned about the alarming number of sexual attacks on females in the Renfrewshire area.“Women and girls should be able to feel safe when they go out in
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