A PERVERT put his hand up a teenage girl's skirt, close to Burnley town centre, in broad daylight earlier this week.

The stranger pounced at around 4pm on Wednesday outside Brunlea Travel Agents, in Hammerton Street, after following his 17-year-old victim from the junction of Queens Lancashire Way and the court buildings.

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Police have now launched a manhunt and have appealed for the public's help in getting him off the streets.

DC Jon Penson, from Burnley CID, said: "An investigation to identify the man responsible is underway and I would appeal to anyone who was in the vicinity at the time of the incident and who may have seen a man matching this description to contact us."

The man was described as white, average build, approximately 5ft 8in tall, aged in his twenties with short dark hair, with a pale complexion. He was clean shaven.

Police believe he was wearing a beige or grey waist length waterproof jacket and dark trousers.

Anyone with any information should contact Police on 101, quoting incident reference 0850 of March 11, 2015.

They can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.