The attack on the young girl happened yesterday at around 7pm in Telford Town Park, Shropshire, in a wooded area with police now searching for a teenage boy.
The 65-year-old victim was discovered by a friend, lying near her vehicle at a property she ran in the village of Trémolat, east of Bordeaux, on Tuesday evening.
GEORGINA BROWN: Projected on to a screen is the figure of a man, pacing his cell like a caged bear, his shaved head a glistening ball - shiny as mercury, and just as impermeable.
Detective Sergeant Mark Dickson had to reassure locals that there had been an increased police presence since the incident, and said incidents like this are 'rare'.
Detectives are carrying out house-to-house inquiries and asking businesses near the scene in the town of Totton, Hampshire if they have any CCTV footage from Friday evening.