Dee Why to Long Reef track: flasher assaults woman
A man exposed himself to teenage girls on Collaroy beach last week. Now police are hunting a flasher who indecently assaulted a woman on a track between Dee Why and Long Reef.
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Just days after a man exposed himself to 15-year-old girls on Collaroy Beach, a woman has been indecently assaulted by a flasher on a popular beach walking track.
The man inappropriately touched himself before grabbing the woman by the arm while she walked on a trail between Dee Why and Long Reef beaches on Saturday.
Now police are asking for information from the public who may have seen the incident involving a man with a large build on the track just east of Dee Why Lagoon at 11.30am.
The incident came just three days after two teenage girls reported a man who repeatedly exposed himself at another beach.
They told police the man, wearing only blue Speedos and dark sunglasses, circled them as they stood near the car park at Collaroy Beach at 2.15pm on Wednesday. The teens said the man had a “heavy” build.
He ran off after one the girls screamed that she was calling her father.
During Saturday’s incident the 26-year-old woman managed to pull herself free of the man’s grasp before running on to the beach to call police.
Officers from Northern Beaches Police Area Command searched the area, but did not find the man.
Northern Beaches Crime Manager Michael Boutouridis said detectives were appealing for public assistance to identify the man.
The man is described as caucasian, tanned, aged in his 30s, 170cm tall, with a large build and short dark hair.
He was wearing a black baseball cap, black square sunglasses, a dark loose-fitting T-shirt and knee-length boardshorts with green and blue panels at the bottom.
“Detectives are seeking any witnesses, as well as dashcam vision from vehicle owners who were parked at Dee Why Beach or Long Reef Beach carparks between 10.30am and 11.45am on Saturday,” Chief Inspector Boutouridis said.
“We are happy to receive lengthy dashcam footage and have it reviewed by our officers.”
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000