A teenager from Stockport was walking down an alleyway in Handforth when she was approached from behind by a lone man.
The man grabbed hold of the 16-year-old girl from behind and touched her inappropriately, he then released the victim and fled the scene in the direction of the industrial estate.
The incident occurred shortly after 8.00pm on Monday, 22nd August, when the girl was walking down an alleyway between Lower Meadow Road and Brooke Way.
The offender is described as a white man, mid to late 20's, 5ft 10 inches tall, with dark brown hair, almost black, and unkempt facial hair.
At the time of the incident he was wearing a grey snap back cap with a batman logo, a mid-blue t-shirt with a pale blue logo on the front and black tracksuit Adidas tracksuit bottoms, with strips running from mid-calf down to the end of outside each leg.
Investigating Officer Sergeant Angela Coppock said: "We are currently following a number of lines of enquiry and as part of my investigation I'm keen to speak to anyone who was in the area around the time of the incident and believes they may have seen anything suspicious.
"Although this incident occurred in in an isolated location, this alleyway is often used as a shortcut between Handforth Dean and Handforth Town centre, so I do believe that there would have been other people in the area around the time the incident occurred."
Anyone with any information in relation to the incident should contact Cheshire Police on 101 quoting incident number 847 of 22/8/2016. Alternatively information can also be reported anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
