Police have released an image of a suspect they are looking to trace following a sex attack in Lee.

Detectives from the Sexual Offences Exploitation and Child Abuse Command have today released an image of a man wanted in connection with the sexual assault of a 29 year-old woman in Lee on Sunday (March 8).

The victim was walking along Ashwater Road at 2:45am when she was sexually assaulted by a man who threatened with her knife.

He then fled in the direction of Baring Road.

The suspect is described as a 5ft 10in black man wearing a blue hooded top, believed to be Adidas with stripes down the arm.

He was also wearing a sky blue bucket hat and black woolen fingerless gloves.

Anyone with information should call police on 020 8721 4676 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

No arrests have been made and enquiries continue.