A young schoolgirl was racially abused and punched in the face multiple times outside of a south London station.
Photos of a man police hope to speak to have been released after the violent encounter outside of Gipsy Hill station at 7.45 pm on February 6.
A man barged into a group of young girls, and when confronted, the suspect began hurling racial insults at the girl, before punching her three times.
When the other girls attempted to stop the man, he then assaulted them too.
Photos of an older white male have now been released in hopes that officers can speak to the man pictured as they believe he could have information that could help their investigation.
Anyone who recognises him or has any other information, is asked to contact British Transport Police.
Last year, three men raped a 13-year-old girl they found ‘alone and vulnerable’ at a London Underground station.
Paul Maxwell, 24, Kayon Bhola, 29, and Jeremiah Jackson 24, encountered the girl at Hammersmith tube station when she was travelling from her home into London.
CCTV shows them travelling towards Maxwell’s flat, where they raped her.
A short video clip of the attack, which police found through in-depth phone analysis, along with forensic evidence helped convict the three men, police said.
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In a victim impact statement she read to Southwark Crown Court, the girl said: ‘I have gone over the date a million times thinking of what I could have done differently to change the outcome of what happened to me.
‘No matter what I change, it would’ve ended the same way. This is because these three men, fully grown men, knew exactly what they were going to do as soon as they saw me at Hammersmith.
‘I was caught alone, and vulnerable. But that shouldn’t have mattered.’
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