Police are appealing for help to identify a woman following an assault on two children at West Quay shopping centre in Southampton on 18 October. A 13-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy were attacked by a woman as they left the toilets at around 5.40pm.
The woman chased the teenagers, grabbed them by the hair and put the boy into a headlock. The pair managed to escape and ran to the Apple store, where they alerted security staff.
The suspect is described as Asian, aged between 25 and 35, with an athletic build and black hair worn in a ponytail. She was wearing a red cardigan, a navy shirt, dark trousers, white trainers and carrying an orange bag.
Officers are asking anyone who was in West Quay at the time, witnessed the incident or recognises the woman to come forward. Information can be provided by calling 101 or submitting details online, quoting reference 44250472801.
