Police have issued a warning after a ‘baby-faced’ pervert flashed a bus passenger and then sexually assaulted a woman in Bolton.
A man, thought to be in his 20s, exposed himself to a 52-year-old man at a bus stop before crossing the road and inappropriately touching a young woman. He approached the man, who was sat waiting for a bus on Great Moor Street, at around 1.05am on Saturday, August 6.
After exposing himself, he was told to ‘get lost’ and walked away. The man struck again seconds later after crossing the road and approaching a woman from behind.
The incidents happened on Great Moor Street He sexually assaulted her before running back up Great Moor Street and turned left onto Newport Street.
Both victims are said to have been extremely distressed. The man was Asian, in his early 20s with short, dark hair. He was around 5ft 6ins and of slim build, with a ‘young-looking’, smooth-shaven face.
Detectives say the man was wearing a black zip-up jacket, a grey sports-style sweatshirt and black tracksuit bottoms with double white stripes down both legs.
Anybody with information is asked to call police on 101, quoting incident number 280 of 06/08/16 - or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
