Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a 27-year-old woman was attacked on her way home from a night out in Benfleet.
The assault took place in during the early hours of Tuesday (Feb 1) morning, close to the Tommy Tuckers sandwich bar by the junction of London Road and Kents Hill Road.
The woman, who comes from Southend, was walking along London Road with a group of friends sometime between three and 4am yesterday morning, when they were approached by a man.
It is believed the man grabbed the woman and a brief struggle ensued.
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