Police launch manhunt after mother and her daughter, 7, are sexually assaulted on their walk home from school in Coventry

• Girl, 7, and her mother were assaulted in the Stoke area of Coventry on Tuesday
• The mother and child were able to get to safety and then called the police 
• West Midlands Police confirmed they are investigating a sexual assault 

A young child and her mother were reportedly sexually assaulted when on their way home from school. 

The girl, aged seven, and her mother were followed by a man who tried to touch both of them inappropriately in an alleyway in Coventry on Tuesday.

According to CoventryLive, the mother and child were able to get to safety and then called the police. 

A young child and her mother were reportedly sexually assaulted when on their way home from school

The mother and her daughter were assaulted in Knight Avenue, in the Stoke area of Coventry at around 3.30pm on Tuesday. 

West Midlands Police  said in a statement: ‘We’re investigating a sexual assault which happened around 3.30pm on Tuesday (July 5) on Knight Avenue in Coventry. 

‘A mother and her seven-year-old daughter were followed by man who attempted to inappropriately touch them.’

Anyone with information is urged to contact us via Live Chat on our website quoting 20/617960/22.

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