A 15-year-old boy has been sexually assaulted at a bus stop in Clydebank.
The young boy was at the terminus at Chalmers Street at around 11.20pm on Monday, June 1 when he was approached by a man.
The man began talking to the boy before going on to sexually assault him.
Although physically unhurt, the victim is said to be shocked.
Police are now searching for the suspect, who the boy saw board a number 60 bus and leave the area after the incident.
He is described as black, 5ft 10 inches in height, and aged in his late 20's.
He is said to have spoken English with a foreign accent.
At the time of the incident, he was wearing a black baseball cap, a grey spotted t-shirt with white on the shoulder, dark coloured bottoms and an earring within the left ear.
READ MORE: Second man arrested following Ayrshire shooting
He was also carrying a black backpack with a water bottle within the side compartment which was wrapped within a plastic bag.
"The boy was shocked but physically unhurt by the incident," said detective sergeant Bernadette Wall. "He moved away from the man and watched him get on board a number 60 bus and leave the area.
"We have been carrying out enquiries to establish the identity of the man and we would appeal to anyone who may know who the man is to get in touch with Police Scotland on 101, quoting 4885 of June 1."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here