A 13-year-old girl has been sexually assaulted at a Livingston shopping centre.
Police are now hunting the suspect after the incident, which took place at The Centre, at around 1.20pm on Saturday.
The young girl was in the Poundland store when the man, thought to be in his forties, approached her from behind and indecently assaulted her.
Immediately after the incident the suspect then left the store and ran off into the mall.
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The teen has been left incredibly upset by the frightening attack, with officers asking anyone with information to come forward.
He is described as white, in his forties, around 6ft tall with a slim build and wearing a light-grey shirt with the sleeves rolled up, a grey and navy t-shirt, dark blue jeans and black trainers.
Detective Constable Jo McCall said: "This was a frightening attack on a young girl, which left her incredibly upset, though, thankfully, uninjured.
"We are eager to trace the man responsible as soon as possible and I would ask anyone who was in The Centre or Livingston Designer Outlet during the afternoon of Saturday, April 27th and saw anything suspicious, to get in touch with us."
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She continued: "Customers from these shopping centres may have dash-cams attached to their vehicles and may have recorded the suspects.
"I would ask everyone to check their footage and if you believe it's captured anything relevant then please contact police immediately."
Anyone with information is urged to contact police via 101 quoting incident number 2050 of April 27, 2019.
Alternatively contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 where anonymity can be maintained.
