DETECTIVES are seeking witnesses to an indecent assault on a 12-year-old girl by a group of young boys.

Police say the incident happened after the schoolgirl got off a bus between 7.15pm and 8pm at the Bellevue pub at Cliftonville, Margate, on Sunday, January 21.

She walked down Northdown Road toward Prices Avenue where she saw a group of boys, aged between nine and 12.

A police spkesman said: "She acknowledged the group and kept walking to the junction of Northdown Road and Prices Avenue where one of the boys caught up with her, spoke to her and pulled her toward him. The boy then touched the girl.

"She pushed him away, at which point a second boy tried to cuddle and touch her."

Anyone who saw the incident is asked to contact Det Sgt Claire Munday at Margate police station on 01843 222066.