A 16-year-old boy has been assaulted in a van in Newhall.
Between 3.45pm and 4.15pm on Saturday, February 23 the boy was walking along Oversetts Road when a white van pulled up alongside him.
The teenager got into the van and was then allegedly assaulted by two men and a youth known to the victim as the van was driven around the Newhall area.
A short time later the victim was taken to a BMW car parked on Alma Road and was assaulted again as the car was driven around the area.
The car stopped in a car park and the victim managed to get out and run home. He suffered minor injuries.
Police would like to speak to anyone who saw a white van and a blue/green BMW in the Newhall area around the time of the incident.
A 16-year-old boy and three men aged 18, 24 and 52 were arrested in connection with the incident and released on bail pending further inquiries.
Anyone with information is asked to call Swadlincote CID on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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