A WOMAN has allegedly been sexually assaulted outside a B&Q in a retail park after she was approached and followed by a stranger.
The terrifying incident unfolded at Cleveland Retail Park, Middlesborough, on August 29.
Cops said the woman was walking in the retail park at about 10pm when she was approached by a man who then followed her.
He is alleged to have then sexually assaulted the woman during the ordeal.
The man was described as white, wearing an orange t-shirt, grey shorts, mousey brown coloured messy hair and had a blue cast on his right wrist.
Police are desperately appealing for any information that may assist their investigation or any witnesses.
The force said: “Any witnesses or anyone who knows who this man is can call 101 quoting reference SE25165602.”