POLICE are appealing for information following a sexual assault in Dawlish.

At around 8.30pm on Friday, August 2, a teenage girl left the Boat Cove area.

As she was walking by the viaduct on the sea side of the train tracks she was approached and sexually assaulted over her clothing by an unknown male.

The suspect is described as a white male, with a dark brown stubbly moustache, approximately 50-years-old, between 5ft 11ins and 6ft tall, wearing all black and a Nike cap.

The suspect had a deep voice and was carrying a black manbag.

‘Anybody with information that may help investigating officers is asked to call police on 101 or visit our website quoting 50240193859’ a spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said.