Hunt for man who ‘followed teenage girl off bus and attacked her in alleyway’
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Police have launched a hunt for a man who assaulted a 19-year-old woman in an alleyway after following her off a bus. The victim got off the number 217 bus, at Waltham Cross bus station, at 7.45pm on December 30. She walked through the town centre before she was grabbed by a man in an alleyway who only stopped when another person noticed.
![[Police are hunting a man accused of following a teenager from a London bus and through an alleyway before attacking her in the street. Hertfordshire Police have released images of a person they would like to identify following the assault on the 19-year-old woman, which left her seriously injured, near Berkley Avenue in Waltham Cross at around 7:45pm on Monday, December 30.]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_236423442-1180.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
The woman was taken to hospital with serious injuries and the man may have followed her because she was on the same bus. This bus had travelled from Turnpike Lane to Waltham Cross so the man may have links to Tottenham and Enfield. Detective Sergeant Paul Dicker said: ‘We have followed many lines of enquiry during this investigation, and we are now releasing these images, we believe the person pictured was in the area around the time and may have vital information for our investigation.
![[Man near bus station.]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_236423460-79bd-e1737224545823.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
‘Is this you? Or do you recognise the person pictured? If so, please get in contact. ‘We understand news of this incident will have caused concern in the community and we are working to identify this person. In addition, no further incidents of this nature have since been reported in the town.’.
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