Investigation launched after sexual assault in Stevenage

The incident occurred in the Asda car park at around 6.45pm on Tuesday 18th October

Author: Henry WinterPublished 21st Nov 2022

Police investigating a sexual assault in Stevenage have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to identify.

The incident occurred in the Asda car park at around 6.45pm on Tuesday 18 October.

It was reported that whilst a woman was putting shopping into the boot of her car, a man approached her from behind and sexually assaulted her by touching her inappropriately and then left the scene.

Detective Constable Quinlan, who is investigating, said: “This was a scary incident for the victim, and we are doing all we can to locate the suspect."

"We are releasing this CCTV image as we believe the man pictured was in the area at the time of the incident and may have important information that could assist with our investigation.”

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