Police want to identify man after child strangled

Police have released this image in connection with the incident

Police are appealing for help to identify a man after a child was assaulted.

Avon and Somerset Police said officers were called out to a report that the child, about 10-years-old, was being strangled and pushed up against a fence in Soundwell Road, Bristol.

The incident happened on 22 March shortly before 19:45 GMT, police said.

The offender is described as aged in his late 30s or early 40s, with receding black hair and black clothing.

Police have released a CCTV image in connection with the case and asked anybody with information to contact them.