AN appeal has been made after a man was reported to have attempted to sexually assault a woman in her 50s.

It happened in Hartlepool on Friday, October 29.

A woman is her 50s was on a grass field in Lennox Walk at about 7pm when a man approached her and made sexually explicit comments, a spokesman for Cleveland Police said.

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The man then tried to grab her arm but was disturbed by a passer-by and made off. 

The suspect is described as a white male, aged in his late teens or early twenties, of slim build, 5ft 9” to 6ft tall, a flat face, clean shaven and he spoke with a local Hartlepool accent.

He was wearing a hooded top, which was navy blue with a grey stripe across the chest and light grey jogging bottoms.

Officers investigating the incident have made an appeal for information. 

Anyone with information regarding the incident or anyone who may know the identity of the man, is asked to contact PC Jasmine Baird on the non-emergency number 101, quoting incident number 183916.

Independent charity Crimestoppers can also be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111, or online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org

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