A WOMAN claims she was grabbed and pulled to the ground by a man whilst walking through Gravesend.

The incident is alleged to have happened at 5:30am on Friday (November 9) as the lady was walking in Dashwood Road.

She says the man ran off towards Woodlands Park after he had grabbed her.

The victim also reported seeing a suspicious light blue vehicle – possibly a Skoda - driving slowly shortly before the alleged incident.

Police say the woman has described her attacker as being 5 ft 10 ins tall with a deep foreign accent.

He was wearing woolly gloves, a black woolly hat and a black puffa style jacket with blue jeans.

Witnesses are asked to call DC Hayley Hudson-Gool on 101, quoting crime reference XY/034011/12.