Police are appealing for help in the hunt to find a man accused of a sexual assault on a teenage girl on a bus in Hounslow.

A 15-year-old female has reported she was sexually assaulted as she travelled on a 235 bus between Feltham High Street and Isleworth.

Officers from the Met's roads and transport policing command said the incident happened at around 9.30am on Friday June 12.

A CCTV image has been released of the suspect, described as an Asian man, aged about 18 to 20, with short dark hair and wearing a white and blue checked shirt and jeans.

Anyone with information should call DC Alastair Middleton on 07909 877121 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, quoting reference 182905.

The Met Police recently jointly launched the Report it to stop it campaign with Transport for London, British Transport Police and City of London Police, to further increase the reporting of unwanted sexual behaviour on public transport in the capital.

For more information on reporting unwanted sexual behaviour on the transport network see 'Report it to stop it’ online. To report an incident call 101 but in an emergency call 999.