Police continue investigation into assault

POLICE will be asking the public for information as the investigation into the attack on 17-year-old Scott Vineer continues.

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.