Police make appeal after street attack

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a woman reported being attacked by a man as she walked home from a party.

The 22-year-old woman had been at a party in Gorebridge on Saturday night before leaving to walk home to Mayfield.

At some point between 2.30am and 5.30am, the victim believes she was involved in a struggle with a man, who she fought off before seeking assistance from a man in his 50s at a bus shelter in Gowkshill.

Police said she was taken home by either a taxi or private hire vehicle.

Officers are keen to speak to anyone who was in the Gorebridge or Mayfield areas and believes they saw the victim. She is described as white, 5ft 10in tall with a slim build and shoulder-length straight dark hair. She was wearing a dark green jacket, black flat shoes, dark tights, black shorts and a white vest top.