Police in Reading issue image in connection with a sexual assault
18-year-old woman followed in town centre
Police have released an image of a man officers would like to speak to in connection with a sexual assault in Reading.
At around 2.45pm on Thursday 17 February, the victim, a woman aged 18, was in the Broad Street Mall shopping centre when a man started following her.
He then grabbed her bottom before leaving the scene.
The suspect is described as white, of stocky build and around 6ft tall.
He was wearing a blue tracksuit with a black parka type jacket at the time of the incident.
PC Matthew Fairman, based at Reading police station, said:
“This kind of behaviour is completely unacceptable and not something that anyone should have to put up with.
“We are appealing for anyone who saw the incident or a man acting suspiciously to contact us on 101 with reference 43210067618.”