A TEENAGE girl has been left bruised after she was punched in the face by a man as she walking along a residential street.

The 15-year-old was walking alone along a path between Heron Gate and Montagu's Harrier, in Guisborough , east Cleveland, at about 9.30pm on Saturday, September 8, when she was grabbed from behind and punched. She was left bruised and shaken, but was able to walk home.

The attacker was described as white, aged about 19, 5ft 8in and of medium build. He was wearing a dark grey hooded top with the hood pulled over his head and the word VOI written across the chest.

He hadmatching jogging bottoms on and also had a half-shaven right eyebrow.

Anyone with information about the attack is asked to contact PC Paul Davies on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800-555-111.