A TEENAGE student was attacked and indecently assaulted as she walked home after a night out in Southampton.

The 19-year-old was walking along Harrison Cut off St Mary Street when a man spoke to her briefly, grabbed her and then sexually assaulted her.

The attacker, described as an Asian in his 40s with a large white beard and wearing a turban, then walked off in the direction of St Mary Street.

Police are now appealing for witnesses to the attack which happened between midnight and 1am on Thursday.