CCTV footage captured the moment that a young man assaulted and abused a woman walking alone on a residential street.
Yesterday at 4.04pm, a video online shows a man following closely behind his female companion as she walks through Southall, west London.
The man approaches her from behind and then uses his phone to record the moment that he grabs her bottom.
A homeowner’s CCTV camera captured the assault.
The video of the male subject, which was recorded on Wednesday October 27, shows him as a teenager schoolboy.
The unknown male accelerated up just before attacking the woman, wearing a navy zip-up jumper with dark blue jeans.
You can see her turning around to face him as he crosses the street and sprints away.
She moves her bottom to the side by moving her arm backwards.
Southall Community Group shared the footage from West London.
As the woman walked, he followed her closely and recorded himself assaulting her using his mobile phone.
The male touches her from behind. The woman quickly turns her arm to the side and swiches her arm backwards.
He turns to face her, and she speeds up, looking like she is trying help him identify himself.
The woman was wearing a black and red printed jacket with a scarf when the male grabbed her.
While the identity and motive of the attacker are not known, social media users suggest that he was a teenager.