Chilling moment suspected sex attacker stalked lone woman late at night before leaping on her
This is the chilling moment a woman is followed in the street before a man pounces on her and pulls her to the ground – with cops fearing a sexual predator is stalking London’s streets.
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In the CCTV footage, the 36-year-old woman can be seen walking along the street in Hackney just after midnight with the hooded man following her closely behind.
The man can be seen stalking the woman as she walks along a street in HackneyHe then pounces, pushing her to the ground – with the woman, thinking the man was trying to rob her, sticking out her phone.
Thankfully, a passing car disturbed the man during the attack on Haggerston Road and he fled on foot.
The woman, who had been wearing headphones and texting, had been on her way home from a night out on Wednesday May 10. It is the first of two incidences that police now fear are sexually motivated, linked attacks.
The woman is unaware the man is behind her as she walks home
The woman managed to escape, with police fearing it was a sexually motivated attackThe second incident happened in the early hours of Friday, when a 35-year-old woman walking along Kingsland High Road, Hackney, after a night out was also targeted.
The woman had been walking home when she noticed a man on the opposite side of the road, about 20m behind her.
The man then ran at her, pulling her to the ground but was again disturbed when a passing taxi driver came to help the woman.
He fled on foot towards Downham Road.
The suspect in both incidents is described as a black man, between 5ft 6inches to 5ft 10inches tall and aged in his early 20s.
