Police continue investigation into assault

Lisburn Area Commander, Chief Inspector Darrin Jones, said in a statement this afternoon (Thursday), said that new information had narrowed down the timeframe that the assault on Scott, who is autistic, took place.

Police has spent the afternoon conducting scene revisits at a number of locations across Lisburn.

Scott was reported missing to police at 10.12pm on Thursday September 6 by his mother.

Said Chief Inspector Jones, “By speaking to friends and viewing City Centre CCTV we established quite early on that Scott had left South Eastern Regional College on Thursday at 3.10pm. CCTV then tracks him from the college to Castle Gardens and then onto Market Square.

“A witness puts Scott in the Beechland Drive area at 3.35pm on Thursday and until this morning that was the last sighting we had of Scott before he was found beaten and unconscious at 9pm the following night.

“In the past 24 hours we have confirmed a sighting of Scott in the city centre/Market Square area early in the evening of Friday September 7.

“This is significant for us because it allows us to narrow down the window in which the assault on Scott took place from almost 30 hours to around four hours.

“However that significant block of time remains unaccounted for so we still really need to know where Scott was during those 30 hours so we can establish a definitive timeline for his movements and find out who he was with and where.

“With today’s scene revisits we are hoping to jog the memories of anyone who may have been in those areas at the same time two weeks ago and who, without even realising it, may have information that could be important.

“Officers will be speaking to pedestrians and motorists in all of those areas and handing out leaflets with a picture of Scott and an appeal for information.

“Public information is the vital thing for us here as Scott cannot tell us what happened to him at this time. I really am urging people to take the time to search their memories and to get in touch with any detail that may come to mind no matter how insignificant it may seem.”