Detectives from the Met’s Sexual Offences Exploitation and Child Abuse Command have arrested a man in connection with two allegations of rape in the Alexandra Palace area.
Police were contacted by a woman aged in her early 50s who was attacked on Southey Road, N15 at approximately 14:30hrs on Friday, 11 March.
Officers were called shortly after 16:00hrs on Monday, 14 March to reports that a woman, aged in her early 30s, had been stabbed in the park grounds at Alexandra Palace. The woman subsequently made an allegation of rape.
The woman was taken to hospital where she remains in a stable condition. Her injuries are not life-threatening.
A man was arrested shortly after 22:00hrs on Monday, 14 March and taken to an east London police station where he remains in custody.
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