Police believe a teenage serial attacker could be behind a string of indecent assaults on women.

Five incidents stretching back to January are being linked by detectives in Horsham.

The assaults all happened around The Causeway, Normandy Road and Chesworth Lane, in the shadow of St Mary's Church.

The attacker's victims all describe him as being around 5ft 8in tall, between 14 and 18, with short blond hair.

On July 3 a 39-year-old woman chased the youth after he grabbed her as she walked on a footpath behind the church.

A week before, a 43-year-old woman was attacked at the same spot.

In May a 26-year-old woman was touched as she walked in Chesworth Lane.

In February a 32-year-old woman was grabbed in Normandy Road.

And in January a 60-year-old woman was indecently assaulted, again near the church.

PC Zoe Bunby said all the attacks happened mid-week in the late afternoon.

She said: "These are very upsetting incidents for the women involved. Although he has been persistent there's no indication that the offences have been getting worse."