Police are appealing to the public for information after a 16-year-old girl was sexually assaulted while standing at a TTC bus stop in Scarborough on Thursday afternoon.

The victim was waiting at the stop near Middlefield Road and McNicoll Avenue at around 12:30 p.m. when she was approached by a man who invited her to his residence.

Police allege the man then sexually assaulted the girl after she refused his invitation.

The man is described as white, between five-foot-two and five-foot-three, in his 60s with receding white hair and sunspots on his face.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at (416) 808-4200 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at (416) 222-TIPS (8477).

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