POLICE are trying to identify a man in relation to an attack on a woman.

The incident happened in King's Road, Brighton, and the force released a CCTV image of the suspect last month.

But he has still not been found and the force has renewed its appeal.

A spokesman for the force said: “Shortly before 1am on Sunday, October 20, a 20-year-old local woman had finished work and was walking east along the seafront side of King's Road by the i360 when she was approached by a man who first tried to engage her in conversation and then sexually assaulted her.

“She resisted and after a short while he walked away westwards.”

The man in the CCTV image is about 5ft 10in, in his mid-30s, tanned and with dark hair.

He was wearing a white tracksuit top and blue jeans.

Detective Sergeant Jack Sagar of the Brighton Safeguarding Investigations Unit said: “If you can help identify this man please get in touch right away by calling 101 or online quoting Operation Downgate.

“However, in an emergency, dial 999.”

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with two separate assaults on October 5 and 6.

He has been committed for trial at Crown Court with an initial hearing on 3 January 2020.

Enquiries are also continuing into two further sexual assault incidents.

One in Ditchling Road on July 24 and another in East Street on October 11.

Police say there have been no further incidents since 20 October.

Detectives investigating the spate of attacks have said they had been “considering possible links between the offences, including the consideration that the same person could have been responsible for all the attacks”.

But, following “further detailed enquiries, including information from victims, further CCTV images and information from the public”, police have now concluded that “not all the attacks are linked and therefore were not all carried out by the same person”.