Hounslow police are hunting another sex attacker after a teenage girl was sexually assualted near a Brentford church.

The 17-year-old was attacked near to St Faith's Church in Windmill Road, as she waited for an E2 bus at about 1am on Bank Holiday Monday.

Cops have stressed they are not linking the assault to a string of four rapes in Twickenham and Hounslow between February and May.

Police described the Brentford attacker as black and about 5ft tall. The other four victims described their attacker as mid-to-late 20s, with a dark complexion and chubby cheeks.

Hounslow Sapphire Team can be contacted on 020 8721 9103 or anonymously through Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

A police spokesman said: “We are not currently linking this incident with other stranger attacks that have recently occurred in the Hounslow, Twickenham area.”