15-year-old girl working with police following sexual assault in Brighton
The teenager is being supported by specially trained officers
Police are seeking information in their investigation of a sexual assault on a 15-year-old girl in Brighton.
The girl was suddenly and violently attacked by a man while walking in an alleyway near the Park Street bus stop in the early hours of May 29th.
She had been on the way home from the beach at the time of the incident, understood to have taken place at around midnight, but became separated from them after getting off a bus in Eastern Road at the Park Street bus stop.
It is believed to have taken place in the alley linking Eastern Road with Hereford Street, running parallel with Lavender Street.
Police have described the suspect as being white or of mixed race, quite tall, and may have dark hair. He was wearing a hood, trousers or tracksuit bottoms - not jeans - and black shoes.
The victim has been receiving support from specially trained officers, who have been working with her to help establish the circumstances.
Police enquiries have also included checks at addresses in the area.
Detective Constable Tony Gander of Brighton CID said;
"After the attack the victim managed to link up with her friends again and they observed several members of the public around the scene, who may have seen the assault or the offender, without realising what was happening.
"If you were in the area at that time, and remember seeing or hearing anything at all, please contact us either online or by calling 101, quoting serial 1009 of 31/05.
"We have had no similar reports recently and this is an isolated incident for the area."