DETECTIVES say they are no closer to finding a tattooed man who attacked an 11-year-old girl in Burnley's Towneley Park.

Detective Sergeant Derek Jones today said they have been "overwhelmed" by the amount of calls received, but said none had provided significant leads.

He said: "We have had a lot of calls in relation to this incident, but as yet nobody has come forward and provided us with the lead we need.

"Nobody has contacted us who witnessed the attack or saw the man in the area before or after the attack. I would urge anybody who may have seen anything to get in touch with us. We still have a dedicated team of detectives working on this case who want to find this man."

Parents were put on red alert after the man leapt on to the child from a tree in Towneley Park, Burnley, put his hand over her mouth and carried her dangling 18in from the ground.

She only managed to escape after kicking him in the groin at 4.30pm on Wednesday, October 2.

Police said the girl had told them in further interviews that her attacker was wearing a pair of black gloves with red fingertips, possibly a pair of heavy duty industrial gloves.

The gloves have the word Patrick written or stitched on to the cuff and a mesh pattern on the palms.

Police said the man had thrown the gloves away into the stream near where the attack took place, although a search had failed to find them.

The girl also told police the man had distinctive tattoos of a love heart with an arrow going through it on his left upper arm, a skull with a knife in the eye on the right upper arm and a curled up snake on his right forearm.

DS Jones added: "We want to reassure people that any call we receive, we will follow-up, no matter how big or how small it may be. We prioritise everything so that we can eventually check every last detail."

The man is described as white, mid 60s, 5ft 10ins tall, muscular, with grey straggly hair with a clip-on pony tail, goatee style beard and moustache, wrinkly face, wearing gold rimmed glasses, a navy vest and black boots.

Police are keen to stress that no sexual assault took place.

Anyone with any information about the incident should call Burnley police station on 01282 425001 or Crimestoppers 0800 555 111.