POLICE are investigating a sexual assault on a woman in Leyton.

The 47-year-old was walking in Abbotts Park Road, on Thursday August 18 at around 11.30pm, when she was grabbed from behind, pushed to the floor and sexually assaulted.

She screamed for help and the man who was described as white and aged between 20 and 30 years old, with short hair, ran away in the direction of Boscombe Avenue.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Constable Paul Tyler on 020 3276 0966 or to remain anonymous, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.