Assault and attempted robbery, Bungalow
Cairns police are looking for a teenage boy who allegedly proposition a woman out walking yesterday afternoon in Bungalow before threatening her with a knife and grabbing her by the shirt front.
The 38-year-old woman was walking over the McCoombe Street footbridge around 4.45pm on January 11 when she noticed a youth holding a push bike standing under a tree.
As the woman approached the youth stood in the middle of the footbride blocking her path. He had a brief conversation with the woman before threatening her with a knife and demanding cash.
The woman refused and the boy grabbed her shift- a short struggled ensued before the woman managed to break free and run off.
The boy is described as around 15-years of age, Aboriginal, approximately 165cms tall with a slim build, and was wearing a black cap under a black push bike helmet, a grey t-shirt and possibly red shorts.
He was last seen riding a small dark coloured BMX type push bike.
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