03/09/2010 Redcar and Cleveland

Sexual Assault on 17-year-old Girl

Police are appealing for information after a man groped a 17-year-old girl as she walked home on the evening of Thursday 2nd September.

The girl got off a bus at 7.40pm on Skelton High Street, near to the Co-Op, and walked along Coniston Road. As she reached the library she was aware that a man was walking behind her.

The man asked the girl for a cigarette, then made a suggestive comment and grabbed her breasts. He then ran off towards Skelton High Street.

The man is described as around 30-years-old, tall, slim and bald. He was wearing a Middlesbrough Football Club jacket in black with a Boro badge on the front and possibly the words ‘Dial A Phone’.

Any witnesses or anyone with information is asked to contact PC Mark Stenson of Loftus Police on 01642 302626 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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