DETECTIVES hunting a chubby-faced pervert have been getting calls about a sex pest propositioning women in East Lancashire.
Police issued an e-fit of the pervert and since its release officers have received a number of calls from people naming potential suspects.
Detectives are now following up a number of lines of inquiry in a bid to track down the offender before he strikes again.
A man in a silver car approached a 15-year-old girl in Sycamore Avenue, Burnley, on December 20, and a 31-year-old woman in Harold Street, Burnley, on Boxing Day, making overt sexual advances to them both.
Last week a 19-year-old girl came forward saying a man made sexual remarks to her while she was waiting at a bus stop in Burnley Road, Padiham, on January 4.
Insp Dave Croll, from Burnley Police, said: "We have received a number of calls and we are now actively pursuing a number of lines of inquiry."
The pervert is white, in his 40s, around 5ft 2in, balding, fat with a chubby face, short mousy or dirty blond hair at the back and sides.
In the incident on January 4 he was wearing a brown leather jacket and baggy jeans, and previously he has been seen wearing a grey jacket and a red T-shirt.
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