Police are appealing to the public for help to find a man who indecently assaulted an 11-year-old girl in the Hunter yesterday.
The girl, who was dressed in a yellow and blue fairy costume, was walking along George Booth Drive near West Wallsend, at about midday, when a man in a car stopped and offered her a lift.
The girl got in the car and when they were near Richmond Vale, the man stopped the car and indecently assaulted her before she ran away.
A short time later, a passing motorist stopped to render assistance and contacted police and emergency services.
The man is described as being of Caucasian appearance, with a slim build, short blond hair, a trimmed beard, with a small moustache, and aged in his early 40s.
At the time, he was wearing jeans, a red jacket and reading glasses, and driving a dark red-coloured or maroon 4WD with silver rims.
Police are urging anyone who may have been travelling along George Booth Drive at the time to come forward.
