Hard Rock Cafe Bus Stop Predator Wanted By Police

Police are hunting a bus stop pervert, who held down and tried to kiss a young woman outside a landmark Mayfair nightspot in the early hours.

This image of the suspect has been released by officers from the Metropolitan Police Service's Roads and Transport Policing Command.

The 20 year-old woman was waiting for a bus outside the Hard Rock Cafe, Old Park Lane at 5.30am on October 12, last year.

Suddenly the man approached and forcibly held her down, while trying to kiss her.

The suspect is described as an Asian man aged between 30 and 35 years-old, with short dark hair and a short beard.

He was wearing a blazer, a white T-shirt, a green cap, dark zip-up jacket, jeans and white trainers.

Officers have released this CCTV image from a Route C2 bus, which the suspect boarded after the incident.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Detective Constable Matt Poore on 020 3054 5401 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, quoting reference 190444.