Schoolgirl Touched On Bus By Mystery Man

A teenage schoolgirl's leg was groped by this suspected bus pervert, who also deliberately leaned into her during the journey in south-west London.

The victim was travelling home from school on board a route 77 bus at 3.15pm on October 19, last year.

The bus was heading in the direction of Tooting Broadway Station and the victim was standing on the lower deck.

As the bus was moving, the suspect moved to stand next to the victim and kept leaning into her.

As the bus stopped at Wimbledon Road the suspect used his left hand to touch the victim inappropriately and brushed his hand over her leg.

The victim immediately got off the bus and changed to the bus behind to avoid being near the suspect.

She called her friends who were still on the original bus, who followed him into Tooting Broadway Station and reported his actions to a member of staff there.

The victim also got off and reported what happened to the driver of the original bus, who informed their control room, who in-turn called the police.

The suspect is described as an Asian male wearing glasses and short grey facial hair.

He was wearing a black coat at the time of the offence and believed to be aged between 30 and 40 years-old and around 5ft 7in.

Police Constable Jonathan Weller, from the Metropolitan Police's Road and Transport Policing Command, said: “No one should have to suffer sexual assault at any point in their lives. “

“We will not tolerate any form of sexual incidents and we strongly urge anyone who has been a victim of this crime to call police and report it.”

Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on 101 and quote 5094/10Oct17. Alternatively contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.