North Today: Accused 'Sickened by News of Attack' Knowledge 'Came from Media Coverage'

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Byline: By Hilary Clixby

THE MAN accused of raping a six-year-old girl after snatching her from her bath told detectives his only knowledge of the attack came from media coverage, a court heard yesterday.

Peter Voisey is alleged to have abducted the girl from her North Tyneside home on December 27 last year, driving off with her in a car and molesting her twice before abandoning her in a back lane.

In a summary of the police interviews read to the jury at Newcastle Crown Court, Voisey told officers although he knew the area where the attack took place, he had no friends or associates there and couldn't remember when he was last there.

Asked what …