Police in Auckland have issued a plea for information after two women were attacked by a man intent on stealing their shoes.
The case was publicised on Police Ten 7, with police expressing concern that the offender's behaviour could escalate beyond the violent and bizarre attacks that were captured on video.
The attacks were both committed on the same day in June of this year and saw the suspect flee with one shoe from one of his victims.
The show's host, Detective Sergeant Rob Lemoto, said that police needed the public's help "before he strikes again".
On Wednesday, June 2, at approximately 5.45pm a young woman was followed into her apartment building on Wakefield St in the central city.