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CCTV appeal after child 'followed and kissed'

Tim Dale
BBC News, Yorkshire
West Yorkshire Police Two images of the same man walking along a street. In the image on the left the man is seen in profile and is wearing a blue coat with a hood and glasses and has short black hair. The image on the right shows a front view of the man with a grey car parked on the road behind him.West Yorkshire Police
Police want to speak to the man about the incident last September

Police have released images of a man they are trying to identify after a child was kissed by an adult.

Officers said a man had followed a boy and kissed him in the Fartown area of Huddersfield on 23 September last year.

The investigation uncovered CCTV footage capturing a suspect but efforts by West Yorkshire Police to identify him have been unsuccessful.

The force said it hoped by releasing the images the public might be able to assist in identifying him.

West Yorkshire Police A CCTV image in black and white showing a man with a close-cropped beard and short hair walking along the pavement beside a main road.West Yorkshire Police
The force has released CCTV images of the suspect

Det Con Angus Whitehead said: "This is a concerning incident, and I would like to reassure members of the public that we have been conducting extensive inquiries to identify this man.

"There are some pretty clear images of the suspect, and I am hopeful that there will be people who know who this man is."

He said he would also urge the man to come forward to assist with the investigation.

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