A 15-year-old girl was sexually assaulted near in Beech Grove, Harrogate.

The girl was walking at about 4.10pm, yesterday, when she was approached by a man who was abusive and sexually assaulted her. The man was about 5ft 10ins tall, in his late 30s to early 40s, had scruffy collar length dark brown hair. He had a slight limp.

Updated: 10:27 Saturday, February 15, 2003