Police hunt Andover sex pests (From Basingstoke Gazette)

Police hunt Andover sex pests

4:37pm Monday 6th July 2009 in

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POLICE are investigating three indecent assaults in the Andover area after an eight-year-old girl, and 11-year-old boy and a woman were revealed to be victims.

The eight-year old-girl was assaulted near to her home in Bradman Square, Andover on Wednesday 1 July.

Between 7.55 pm and 8.10 pm, the girl was outside the front of her house, playing with a friend when a man approached the pair, lifted the girl’s nightie and touched her buttock, before running away.

The girl was unhurt but very upset, and ran straight home.

The man is described as late teens early 20s, white, 5ft 6ins tall, slim with short black hair who was wearing a plain red t-shirt and long trousers PC Tyrone Tapper said, “This is a very worrying incident and we are appealing for information from anyone who can help.

“Were you in the vicinity of Cricketers Way at this time, or visiting the Tesco shop?

“If you think you may have seen this man please contact us.”

The day before this incident, on June 30, an 11-year-old boy was assaulted by a man while walking down the path which runs between Cricketers Way and the cornfields just after 9.15 pm.

The boy was making his way to his mother’s house, and saw a man in the play park in Roman Way. The man then began to walk the same way as the boy.

As the boy walked through the pathway, the man took hold of his arm and touched his genital area, on top of his trousers.

The boy was shocked but not injured.

Police say the individual involved is white, 16-20 years old with short dark fluffy hair and he had either spots or freckles on his face He was wearing a green or blue polo neck t-shirt which had a small black logo on the left hand chest area.

Police in Andover are also nvestigating an allegation of indecent assault against a local woman.

The woman had been socialising in the Chestnut Tree pub in Weyhill Road, Andover, on Sunday, 14 June.

Officers are keen to speak to anyone who was drinking in the Chestnut Tree that day as they may be able to assist with their enquiry.

They particularly want to identify and speak to three men who are believed to have been talking to the woman in the garden at the pub at around 5pm.

Anyone with any information in relation to these incident should contact Andover police station on 0845 045 45 45 or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.