POLICE are appealing to women who may have been sexually assaulted by a man on a bike in Filton.

There have been a number of incidents on the cycle path near the MoD at Abbey Wood where a cyclist has ridden up to women pedestrians and slapped their bottom.

Two have been reported to police but police believe there may be more that have not. 

The first offence was at 8.20am on Wednesday, January 26 as a 29-year-old woman walked from the Cheswick housing estate towards the Abbey Wood  retail park.

The second was on Wednesday, February 18 at 5.50pm when a 24-year-old woman was walking from the retail park direction towards the housing estate.

There was a third offence in the same area on Friday, February 20 at 6pm - a witness reported it to police but police have not yet traced a victim. 

Police are investigating and have carried out patrols on the cycle path. Anyone who may have seen anything, or who has been assaulted but not reported it, is asked to call 101 quoting crime reference number 9265/15.