01/07/2014
Pregnant Woman Sexually Attacked On Bus
Police have released CCTV images to find a man in connection with sexually assaulting a pregnant woman on a bus in Birmingham on 20th May.
According to police, the man sat beside the 33-year-old woman and started rubbing her leg.
As she got up to leave he appeared to attack her again.
The woman got off the bus and was followed by the attacker until she approached security guards at New Street station for help.
The man, believed to be in his 20s, is described as Asian, 5ft 6ins tall, slim build and black hair with a small goatee beard, wearing a grey jumper with black tracksuit bottoms.
Detective Constable Warren Moore said: "The assault made her uncomfortable and unnerved and has had a lasting effect on her. She is unable to use buses through fear of this happening again."
(CD/CVS)
According to police, the man sat beside the 33-year-old woman and started rubbing her leg.
As she got up to leave he appeared to attack her again.
The woman got off the bus and was followed by the attacker until she approached security guards at New Street station for help.
The man, believed to be in his 20s, is described as Asian, 5ft 6ins tall, slim build and black hair with a small goatee beard, wearing a grey jumper with black tracksuit bottoms.
Detective Constable Warren Moore said: "The assault made her uncomfortable and unnerved and has had a lasting effect on her. She is unable to use buses through fear of this happening again."
(CD/CVS)
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