Police are appealing for help to identify a man after a 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted on a 140 bus going towards Harrow Weald on 27 September 2023
The 140 bus route goes through Northolt and as well as assaulting the girl at around 8:00am on the bus, police say the man also earlier assaulted a woman as well.
According to police, the 14-year-old girl was standing downstairs near in the disabled passengers area when a man, described as being in his 50s with glasses and moustache, moved to stand near her. He trapped her and prevented her from moving. He then proceeded to touch her inappropriately twice.
The girl managed to push past him as other passengers moved to get off the bus and reported him to the police.
When police went through went through CCTV footage they also also the man assaulting a different woman by trapping her and touching her inappropriately before he then assaulted the girl.
Detective Constable Charlotte Joseph, from the Met’s Roads and Transport Policing Command said: “No woman or girl should face this kind of behaviour when simply trying to use public transport. I want to commend her bravery for recognising this behaviour was wrong and reporting what happened to police.”
She added: “Our investigation shows that prior to the assault on a 14-year-old the man did a similar thing to another woman. From our records, it does not appear that this was reported to police and we would encourage her to come forward. In both circumstances the man trapped the victim so she cannot move away from him and brazenly carries out his attack in broad daylight on a bus full of people.
“These are incredibly clear images and I am confident that someone would be able to identify who this is. It is really important that we speak to this man as part of our investigation.”
Police have said to contact them with any information to help identify the man by calling 101 and quote CAD2850/20NOV.
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