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Cops are hunting a beer bellied sex attacker believed to be behind two sexual assaults on the Grand Union Canal. The broad daylight attacks both took place in the Little Venice area - yesterday a 14-year-old girl was indecently assaulted around 8.20am as she walked onto the towpath towards near the Bridge pub. The suspect walked past the victim then turned back asking her to hold his dog's lead then pounced, forcing her to engage in sexual activity. The victim then ran off from the suspect along the towpath towards the Grand Union public house.
First case connection
Police are connecting yesterdays assault with another on 9 September 2008. The victim, a 15-year-old girl, was walking along the towpath near Prince Albert Road, past Camden Market and close to the Avery. She was approached by a suspect who forced her to engage in sexual activity with him.
Beer belly
The suspect is described as a white male, aged approximately 50, approximately 5ft 11ins tall, of large build with a 'beer belly'. He was wearing a grey or navy blue tracksuit.
Description
The suspect is described as a white male, aged approximately 40, approximately 6ft 3ins tall, of medium build with a large red birthmark on one side of his neck. He was wearing a black woolly hat, black tracksuit bottoms and a three quarter length black tracksuit jacket and dirty white Reebok trainers. He spoke with a London accent. The suspect referred to his dog, which may have had white feet, as 'Monkey'.
Cyclist Witnesses
DC Karl Lewis said: "We are keen to speak to anyone who may have witnessed either of these incidents or who was walking along the towpath on 9 September or 8 January and saw anyone matching the description of the suspect. "In the second incident there were a number of cyclists who will have passed the victim and we would urge those people to come forward." Anyone with any information is urged to call Paddington CID on 0207 321 9631 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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