Hunt for north Belfast sex attacker

A man was being hunted in North Belfast today after a sex attack on a 15-year-old girl.

A man was being hunted in North Belfast today after a sex attack on a 15-year-old girl.

The teenager was grabbed and indecently assaulted while walking along the Ardoyne Road on St Stephen's Day evening.

Her assailant, said to be aged about 20, slim and with blond hair, punched and molested her before snatching her mobile phone and making off.

Police said the attacker escaped in a black car which pulled up and then headed down the Oldpark Road towards Cliftonville Circus.

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A Police Service spokeswoman said the victim, although extremely shaken, suffered no physical injury.

Detectives investigating the attack appealed for anyone in the area at around 9 pm last night who saw anything suspicious to contact them.