Twelve-year-old schoolgirl 'sexually assaulted' by pack of six men in their 20s on Birmingham bus

'My daughter's friends were assaulted and they ran downstairs and off the bus. My daughter was left upstairs with them', victim's mother says

Police are investigating reports a 12-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a group of six men on the top deck of a bus in Birmingham.

The girl was travelling into the city centre with three friends on the afternoon of 16 March when three men, described as being in their early twenties, allegedly approached the group and assaulted them.

The girl’s mother said her daughter’s friends ran downstairs to escape, leaving her alone on the top deck.

“No words can describe how I felt when she phoned me,” the victim’s mother told Birmingham Live. “I felt useless as I wasn’t there when she needed me the most.”

Describing the alleged attack, the mother said: “She was really shaken up. There were about six of them.

“The top of the bus was empty, but they went and approached my daughter and her mates.

“My daughter’s friends were assaulted and they ran downstairs and off the bus. My daughter was left upstairs with them.”

She said the gang left the bus in the city centre.

A spokesperson for West Midlands Police said: “Police are investigating reports a 12-year-old girl was sexually assaulted on a bus in Finchley Road, Kingstanding, just before 3pm on 16 March.”