Detectives issue e-fit clue in bid to identify Northampton schoolgirl attacker

Police have released an E-fit image of a bearded man who attempted to grab a 15-year-old girl in broad daylight on a Northampton street.

Officers describe the suspect as having "a big black beard and a ringlet of hair on the left side of his face."

The teenager was approached in Lindsay Avenue, Abington, at about 1.30pm on Sunday June 7.

Police say the suspect tried to grab hold of the schoolgirl before she fled and the man sped away in a grey vehicle.

A Northamptonshire Police spokesman said: "The offender is described as being an Asian man, of a stocky build with a big black beard and a ringlet of hair hanging down the left side of his face.

"He was wearing a durag on his head which was tied in a bow on the right hand side, a denim jacket and a cream t-shirt.

"If anyone recognises this man or has information about him, or may have witnessed this incident, please call us on 101 using reference number 20000288387 — or you can call Crimestoppers in confidence on 0800 555 111."

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