Woman seriously sexually assaulted on walk to work in Leeds this morning

By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Sep 2018, 12:47 BST
Updated 4th Sep 2018, 05:15 BST
The former New Roscoe pub on Bristol Street, Leeds. Image: Google.The former New Roscoe pub on Bristol Street, Leeds. Image: Google.
The former New Roscoe pub on Bristol Street, Leeds. Image: Google.
DETECTIVES are appealing for information following a serious sexual assault on a woman outside a former pub near Leeds city centre  this morning.

Police received a report at 6.45am today (Mon Sept 3) that a woman had been attacked a short time before outside the closed down New Roscoe pub on Bristol Street.

The victim, who is aged in her fifties, had been walking to work at about 6.15am when she was approached by a man who threatened her before subjecting her to a serious sexual assault.

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He was described as black, possibly of African or Ethiopian ethnicity, aged 35 to 40, slim build, with short dark hair.

A man who was passing by intervened and the suspect ran off.