Will new designs improve safety at Union Terrace Gardens?

Two sex attacks took place within two months of each other earlier this year.

And last year, the Press and Journal revealed a homeless squatter camp had been set up near the park which was littered with needles, burned spoons and tents.

Since the sex attacks, plain-clothes officers have been patrolling the area at night and CCTV installed in the historic gardens.

However, the gates will remain unlocked throughout the night – which split opinion among community leaders.

Police are still hunting for the rapist who attacked a woman in the Victorian park on January 28.

Just two months later, another sexual attack was reported although the 26-year-old man charged with the incident was later released.

And in May, serial sex offender Derek Baillie, admitted exposing himself to children at Union Terrace Gardens.