POLICE are hunting this man following an indecent assault on an 11-year-old boy in the Runcorn area.

The man approached the victim on Astmoor Spine Road, near NHS Logistics, and offered to assist him with his broken bicycle. While talking to him, the man indecently assaulted the boy, before getting into a truck and driving off. The offender is a white man with a beard, in his early 50s, of proportionate build and with an accent that is not local. He wore a brown fcuk hat, blue overalls, black boots and grey gloves. He is believed to have been driving a Ford flatbed truck that may have been black at some point but had since been painted over blue.

It had the distinctive feature of a steel bar extending from the back of the cab along the length of the truck, attached onto the tailgate and may also have had lettering on the side of the truck.

Anyone with information should call Det Con Sven Talbot of Cheshire Police on 01244 613933, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.