Media release

Call for information – Indecent assault – Katherine

Police

Northern Territory Police are calling for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward in relation to an alleged indecent assault in Katherine this morning.

It is alleged that a man approached a young girl as she was riding her bike along an alleyway behind Frangipanni Court at around 9:30am on Tuesday 20 October.

The man attempted to touch the girl inappropriately before she was able to escape and run home for help.

The alleged offender is described as an Aboriginal male approximately 40 years old, 170 centimetres tall with short black and grey hair, wearing red knee-length shorts and a dark shirt.

The same man may have approached another woman in the main shopping centre carpark today.

Anyone with information is urged to contact police on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 and quote reference 9456855.