Police release video recording after woman was ‘sexually harassed on a bus during rush hour’

Police have launched a CCTV appeal to find a man wanted after a sexual assault on a bus during the morning rush hour.

Police released images of the wanted man after a woman in her twenties was sexually assaulted in Birmingham on Friday morning.

The incident occurred at the end of rush hour at 9am on the number 7 National Express West Midlands bus in the busy city street next to Birmingham Cathedral.

According to West Midlands Police, the man is white, has a dark, thick black beard and was wearing a black cap, a white T-shirt with colorful stripes, black trousers and sneakers at the time of the attack.

In the photo, he is also carrying a phone in his right hand and a black backpack over his left shoulder.

A West Midlands Police spokesman said: “Do you know who this is? We would like to speak to him following a sexual assault that occurred on a number 7 bus in Colmore Row, Birmingham city centre, shortly after 9am on May 10.”

“If you can help you can contact us via live chat on our website or by calling 101 quoting crime reference 20/508802/24. Alternatively, anyone with information can anonymously contact the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”