POLICE are hunting a man with a distinctive angel tattoo after a teenage girl was sexually assaulted at a music festival.
The assault took place on Friday August 2 earlier this year at the Y Not festival, in Derbyshire between 8.30pm and 10pm.
AlamyDerbyshire Constabulary are also looking to speak to a woman in her 40s who helped the victim away from the scene[/caption]
AlamyA teen was sexually assaulted at Y Not Festival as cops launch an investigation[/caption]
It unfolded in front of a red double decker bus selling fudge near the main stage during The Kooks set.
The attacker has been described as standing over six-feet tall, and spoke with a Liverpudlian accent.
He had dark hair, a short beard and was heavily tattooed, with a distinctive inking of an angel on his shoulder.
Cops confirmed he was wearing a pair of colourful patterned shorts, a top and black Nike trainers.
Derbyshire Constabulary are also looking to speak to a woman in her 40s who helped the victim away from the scene.
She has been described as having a Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire accent.
The potential witness also had shoulder-length dark hair with a fringe.
She was donning circular sunglasses and a short black dress.
A spokesperson for Derbyshire Constabulary said: “We are appealing for the public’s help to try and identify a man after a report of a girl being sexually assaulted at the Y Not festival earlier this year.
“The incident occurred on Friday 2 August in front of a red double decker bus selling fudge near the main stage during The Kooks set between 8.30pm and 10pm.
“The incident saw a teenage girl sexually assaulted by a man who was described as having a Liverpudlian accent and was more than 6ft tall.
“He had dark hair, which was short on the sides but fluffy on top, a short beard, and tattoos all over his body, hands, arms, and neck – including a distinctive angel tattoo on his shoulder area.
“He was wearing a pair of colourful patterned shorts, a T-shirt and black Nike shoes.
“Officers also remain keen to speak to a woman who spoke with the victim at the time of the incident and helped lead her away from the area but then left without leaving her details.
“Officers urgently need to speak with her as a potential witness to the incident. The woman is described as being in her 40s with a Derbyshire or Nottinghamshire accent.
“She had shoulder-length dark hair with a fringe and was wearing circular sunglasses and a black blouse/dress that reached to her lower thighs.”
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