A teenage girl was sexually assaulted by a man who approached her twice at a Basildon leisure park.

The girl was approached by a man at Hollywood Bowl at the Festival Leisure Park Basildon at around 4.50pm.

The man spoke to the girl before hugging her and kissing her on the cheek.

About 20 minutes later, as the girl was standing outside the main entrance to the cinema, the same man approached her, sat next to her, stroked her arm before grabbing her head and attempting to kiss her. He then touched her inappropriately in the incident in August 28.

An Essex Police spokesman said: "We believe there were other people who were there at the time who will have seen what happened. The man has been described as about 5ft 9ins tall with black hair and wearing a black button-down shirt, smart black trousers, and smart black shoes.

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"A 33 year-old man from Dagenham has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and has since been released under investigation. We need anyone who saw anything to call us.

"If you have any information, CCTV, dash cam or other footage in relation to this incident, then please get in contact with us. Please quote incident 842 of 28 August.

"You can let us know by submitting a report on our website or by using our online Live Chat service available Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) between 10am-9pm.

"Visit www.essex.police.uk/digital101 to find out more about our website reporting services. Alternatively you can call us on 101. In an emergency always call 999.

"If you would like to make an anonymous report you can contact independent charity @Crimestoppers, by visiting their website or by calling 0800 555 111."