Graveyard rape victim Kaylee Wildman in Crimewatch appeal to find attacker

Appearing on Crimewatch, Kaylee – who has waived her right to anonymity – talked about how she has struggled to come to terms with the fact her attacker has never been caught.

She urged members of the public who may have information about the violent incident to come forward.

It has been nearly 11 years since Kaylee was raped on Boxing Day 2004 as a 17-year-old. Her ordeal was featured on Crimewatch back in 2005, when TV presenter Nick Ross appealed for information.

She said: "To get someone and to finally have it end, and see an end to the whole thing, would simply allow me to move on with my life and build a future I can look forward to."

Her life changed forever after the ordeal, with Kaylee saying she now struggles with everyday tasks and has been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Kaylee, who is now 28, was attacked while she was walking home alone at night in Wednesbury at around 11pm.

She was approached by an unknown man who forced her into a graveyard adjacent to Brunswick Park and then carried out the attack at knifepoint.

"It never crossed my mind what was coming next," she said after a reconstruction of her ordeal was shown in a bid to find witnesses

"It just felt like when you are in a dream.

"Then you feel like you are trying to escape but your body is not doing anything and you are not going anywhere.

"It felt like a really long time that he was holding me down and threatening me.

"He was saying that he had a knife and that I needed to stop screaming."

Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to £5,000 for any information which leads to the attacker's arrest as well as his conviction.

The attacker was described as a white male aged who would have been between 17 and 20 years of age at the time.

He had a local 'Wednesbury' accent, and he was was wearing a black hooded top together with dark tracksuit bottoms.

He has never been caught, which has not allowed Kaylee to get closure from the attack.

The offender threatened to stab her if she refused to comply with him, before raping her. Officers believe he would now be in his late 20s or early 30s.

It is thought the attacker may have told someone about the attack however, after becoming remorseful.

He began to cry after telling Kaylee not to look at him, admitting he didn't know what he was doing. Kaylee was able to eventually escape and raise the alarm at a nearby petrol station. She has recently been diagnosed with PTSD, and hopes detectives can catch the offender. Despite the struggles since he attack, Kaylee has pursued a successful career working alongside other victims of crime.

Kaylee said: "I just felt really ashamed. I felt like it was somehow my fault for walking home alone.

"I didn't want people questioning me about it so I avoided bringing it up. It was always like I was sitting on the edge of a chair waiting for that moment that they would say, OK, there has been a DNA match and it has always held me back emotionally.

"It has always been in the back of my mind that this has happened and there is no way I can close the box and move on because it is always there.

"Part of PTSD is that I can't get closure and that is the reason why I really struggle getting through the day to day tasks, and struggling with my relationships because I simply can't put it behind me because it is always there."

Anyone with information about the attack that could help police should call Crimewatch on 0345 113 5000, West Midlands Police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.