A MAN allegedly asked a 17-year-old girl “inappropriate questions” on the street before pulling her into an underpass and assaulting her in broad daylight.
Hampshire Police said they were called to reports of a sexual assault in Southampton on Wednesday.
A man had approached the 17-year-old near Bitterne Library at around 1.10pm.
Cops said: “The man asked her inappropriate questions before pulling her down a flight of stairs into the subway underpass, where he proceeded to touch her inappropriately on the upper half of her body over her clothing.”
Members of the public entered the underpass from the opposite side, and the man fled the scene.
The suspect is described as South Asian in appearance, skinny, with black hair, a black beard, and approximately 5ft 4ins tall.
He was wearing a white t-shirt at the time.
An appeal from the police says: “We are urging anyone who may have entered the subway at this time to come forward.
“Officers are currently conducting enquiries in the area, including scoping for CCTV.
“And in the meantime asking anyone who may have witnessed the incident, or who may have relevant dashcam or Ring doorbell footage from the area around that time, to contact police on 101, quoting reference 44250353572.”
