Rape inquiry launched after attack on female patient at mental health unit

Allegations that a 60-year-old female patient at a mental health
unit has been raped are being investigated by police in London.

The woman, a patient at the Brent ward of the John Connolly Unit
run by West London Mental Health Trust, was attacked last
Friday.

Scotland Yard confirmed that the suspect has been described as a
black male, but no-one has been charged.

A spokesperson for West London Mental Health Trust said it would
be holding an inquiry. The 17-bed adult acute admissions ward is
for voluntary patients, the spokesperson added. Patients and
visitors are free to come and go.