Police have issued a CD-fit picture of a man they want to identify following an assault on a teenage woman in East Grinstead.

The 18-year-old from Copthorne was waiting at the bus stop in Brookhill Road, Copthorne, between 8.10am and 8.15am on New Year's Eve when a man approached her.

The attacker grabbed the girl from behind and tried to pull her towards him. She screamed and he ran away.

The man is described as white, in his mid 20s, 5ft 4in and clean shaven with a round face.

He had dark brown gelled hair and wore a black bomber jacket, black trousers and black shoes.

After the incident the man ran off down Brookhill Road in the direction of either Church Lane or the Copthorne Hotel roundabout on the A264.

Anyone with information should call PC Rees Hopcraft of East Grinstead Police on 0845 6070999.