Police release CCTV image of man wanted over sexual assault on teen girl outside Vauxhall Tube station

From the Newshound archive · first published 3 October 2026.

British Transport Police are hunting a man who accosted a teenage girl outside Vauxhall Underground station and sexually assaulted her in daylight before making off. The attack took place shortly after 8am on Sunday 30 August. Detectives have released CCTV images of a suspect in a black coat and yellow top and are appealing for help identifying him. A separate inquiry is also under way after a woman was sexually assaulted as she stepped off a bus in a residential street.

Prior to the assault at one of south London's busiest Tube stations, the suspect had engaged the girl in inappropriate conversation.

BTP is asking anyone who recognises the man in the CCTV footage to text 61016 or call 0800 40 50 40, quoting reference 223 of 30 August.

Tip-offs can also be made anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.