An appeal has been launched following reports that a man approached a 17-year-old girl in Bitterne and pulled her down a flight of stairs into a subway.
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Police received a report around lunchtime on Wednesday (Aug 6).
The girl had been on Dean Road, going towards Bitterne Library.
Officers said in an appeal statement that “the man asked her inappropriate questions before pulling her down a flight of stairs into the subway underpass, where he proceeded to touch her inappropriately on the upper half of her body over her clothing”.
Members of the public entering the subway then reportedly prompted the suspect to fleet the scene.
Police are now urging members of the public who may have entered the subway to come forward.
They said: “The suspect is described as South Asian in appearance, skinny build, with black hair, a black beard, and approximately 5ft 4ins tall. He was wearing a white t-shirt at the time of the incident.”
Officers said they are currently conducting enquiries in the area, including scoping for CCTV, and in the meantime are asking anyone who may have witnessed the incident, or who may have relevant dashcam or Ring doorbell footage from the area around that time, to contact police on 101, quoting reference 44250353572.