A WOMAN in her 20s was sexually assaulted after being grabbed outside a Starbucks and then followed along a canal.
The victim was approached by a stranger as she stood outside the coffee shop in Stroud, Gloucestershire, at around 11am on Thursday, July 10.
Picture of the Starbucks outlet on King Street in Stoud, where the alleged assault took place
Cops have now launched an urgent appeal to get more information on the male suspect.
He is understood to have grabbed the victim by the shoulder before forcing her to walk alongside him.
He then made the woman walk under the railway bridge towards the canal path at Wallbridge and then along the canal path towards Lidl.
The man attempted to assault the woman by trying to touch her without her consent, police have said.
The victim is said to have sustained bruising to her shoulder.
Cops are now hunting for the suspect, who has been described as a white male in his 30s, between 5ft 6ins and 5ft 8ins tall, and of a medium build.
They said he had dark brown hair, a moustache and was wearing a light coloured t-shirt, shorts and trainers at the time of the alleged assault.
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