Police are looking for a man in connection with a sexual assault incident on a bus in Hounslow.

Officers from the MPS Safer Transport Command unit are appealing for information after a 16-year-old girl reported she was inappropriately touched on a H26 bus towards Central Parade, Feltham .

The victim is believed to have challenged the suspect who jumped off the bus near Bedfont Lakes.

The incident took place on January 14 this year at around 4.50pm.

The suspect has been described as an Asian male, with dark short hair, wearing a light coloured top.

A police spokesman said: "Unwanted sexual behaviour on the transport network is not tolerated and all sexual offences are taken very seriously. Always report incidents of this nature to the police. Dial 101, or in an emergency dial 999 immediately."

Officers have released CCTV images and anyone with information should contact PC Haydn Payne on 07920 590 257 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 quoting reference 140509.

In an unrelated incident a married bar manager has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a teenager who he followed from a train in Harrow.