Police call for sex attack witnesses

Police are calling for witnesses to a sex attack on a schoolgirl in Christchurch last month.

Constable Kelly McKinney said the 17-year-old high school student, was sexually assaulted by a man while walking along an alleyway leading from Redwood Park into Farnswood Place, about 5pm on September 24.

The man was described as European, aged 17-20, about 167cm tall with blonde to brown coloured hair.

He was wearing prescription glasses, black jeans and a grey chequered jacket with a hood.

Police said today they wanted to hear from anyone who was in Redwood Park at the time of the attack, particularly a woman with her grey dog, or anyone who recognised the description of the suspect.

- NZPA