Woman fights back after suspected sex attacker strikes in Leeds

Police are investigating an attempted serious sexual assault on a woman in Leeds yesterday. (June 9)

Officers received a report of a 23-year-old woman having been grabbed by a man just before 6pm and dragged into bushes in Redcote Lane, Kirkstall, near to the metal bridge that runs over the River Aire.

Redcote Lane, Kirkstall - scene of the incident. Picture: Google Mapsplaceholder image
Redcote Lane, Kirkstall - scene of the incident. Picture: Google Maps

The victim fought back and the man was also disturbed by a man riding past on a bicycle.

The attacker ran off along the riverside path and a woman who was passing by called police.

Police said the attacker was a scruffy looking, 5ft 6in to 5ft 7in skinny white man in his twenties who was wearing a dark coloured tracksuit with a zip-up top.

Call Leeds District CID at Elland Road via 101.

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