A TEENAGE girl has allegedly been sexually assaulted on a bus – as cops release CCTV in the hunt for a man in connection with the attack.
The 14-year-old victim was reportedly touched inappropriately while travelling on the bus in , .
Sussex Police has released CCTV in connection with the alleged attack
say the teenager was targeted on the 46 bus heading towards Hollingbury in the afternoon of March 25.
The alleged attacker, described by cops as a man aged in his 20s, was sat next to the teenager during the alleged sexual assault.
Sussex Police say he touched her inappropriately before getting off the bus at Friar Road.
He is believed to have been wearing shorts and sandals at the time of the alleged attack.
The force has since released CCTV of a man and issued a statement in connection with the horror.
It said: “We are seeking to identify this man following a sexual assault that took place on the 46 bus to Hollingbury on March 25 at around 5pm.
“It was reported that the bus was travelling in Ditchling Road when the victim, a 14-year-old girl, was approached by a man who sat next to her and touched her inappropriately.
“The man reportedly disembarked the bus at Friar Road.
“He was described as aged in his 20’s, roughly 6′ and wearing shorts and sandals.”
Officers have issued an urgent appeal for anyone with information on the attack to come forward.
They are urging anyone who recognises the man or who witnessed the incident to report it online or call 101 quoting reference 1355 of 25/03.
It comes days after cops released CCTV of a man they would like to speak to after a woman was allegedly .
Police said the woman was sexually assaulted as she stood on the southbound Victoria Line platform at around 9.10pm on February 25.
The man boarded the same train as the woman and left at Brixton station, cops said.
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