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Liam Coleman

Sex attacker targets women with dogs in London park

Police are investigating after a man was attacked and robbed at home in Hackney just before midnight. (Picture: Getty Images)

Police are hunting a suspected serial sex attacker who targets lone women walking dogs in a London park.

Officers are investigating six attacks on women aged between their early thirties and mid sixties — five of whom were with dogs — at South Norwood Country Park.

Four women were sexually assaulted, and in four cases the attacker stole or tried to steal their phones.

The first attack was on May 3 and the latest on Friday. Two were just 15 minutes apart, and all took place in daylight between 10.50am and 4.30pm.

A Met spokesman said the suspect is described as a black male, aged between 16 and 25, tall, thin and with dark hair.

Detective Sergeant Matt Loftus, who is leading the investigation, warned park users to be vigilant and said patrols were being increased in the area.

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