COPS have launched an urgent hunt for an 11-year-old schoolboy who “sexually assaulted” a woman in broad daylight.
Detectives said that the pre-teenager approached the woman in Woodford, Northants, at around 12 noon on December 17.
Northamptonshire Police said the 11-year-old then touched her inappropriately before fleeing.
The young boy, wearing blue jeans and a black bomber jacket, was today being hunted by cops following the incident.
The force urged eyewitnesses or anyone with information to get in touch immediately.
A spokesman for Northamptonshire Police said today: “Police officers are appealing for witnesses after a woman was sexually assaulted in Woodford.
“The incident happened on Tuesday, December 17, between 12pm and 12.30pm, when a boy approached a woman and touched her inappropriately.
“The suspect is described as a white boy, aged 11 to 12 years, with short, light brown hair and wearing a black bomber jacket and blue jeans.
“He walked away in the direction of Mill Road.
“Witnesses or anyone with information should call Northamptonshire Police on 101.”
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