An African man who tried to sexually assault two women in Melbourne has been chased off by a pack of eight of the victims’ dogs.
Victoria Police are now investigating the attempted sex attack, which took place while the women, a 67-year-old from Toorak and a 39-year-old from Glen Iris, were walking along Gardiners Creek in Kooyong at about 11.30am on Tuesday.
Detectives have been told an unknown man jumped out of the bushes and put his arms around one of the women, and when she managed to push him away he tried to pull the other towards him.
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The women’s dogs then chased the man into a tunnel under the Monash Freeway.
“The man is perceived to be of African appearance wearing black tracksuit pants, white socks, slides, black and grey hooded top and was wearing a black face covering,” police said.
“He was also carrying a large bright blue backpack.”
Video of the incident shared by 3AW’s Jacqui Felgate shows the eight dogs running after the man, and one of the them managed to tear a piece of the attacker’s pants off.
The scrap of clothing is now being forensically examined.
Bayside Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team (SOCIT) detectives have also released a facial composite of a man they wish to speak to in relation to the incident.
Header image: Left, right, the man running away from the dogs (3AW).
