A man moved seats to sit next to a woman he sexually assaulted on a bus in Ealing , according to the Met Police.

The distressing alleged incident happened on Friday September 9 at around 8.50pm when the victim, a woman in her late teens, boarded the E10 service at Havern Green bus stop.

She sat at the back of the bus when a man moved seats next to her, before he placed his hand against her thigh and touched her inappropriately a short while later.

Both the victim and the suspect got off the bus at Greenford Broadway, where the man approached the victim again and harassed her.

The suspect fled along Ruislip Road on the south foot way when the victim threatened to call the police.

Police say the suspect is described as a white man with short grey hair, around 5ft 5ins tall, aged in his late 30s or early 40s.

He was wearing a white t-shirt, a grey hoodie, tan chino type trousers and carrying a white JD sports bag.

The Metropolitan Police released a photo on Wednesday (December 7) of a man they wish to speak to in connection with the incident.

Police would like to speak with this man in connection with an alleged sexual assault on a bus in Ealing

No arrests have been made and enquiries continue.

Anyone who recognises the man in the CCTV image or has information is asked to call DC Matt Poore at the Roads and Transport Policing Command on 101.

To give information anonymously contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or visit crimestoppers-uk.org.

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