Police in Melbourne hope someone will recognise a man who sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl in her bedroom from CCTV footage that captures his "distinctive walk".
The teenager was sexually assaulted in her bedroom while the rest of her family were asleep inside their Roxburgh Park home on Friday morning.
Police believe the man, who was wearing a balaclava, jumped the fence from an adjoining property and shrugged off his jacket before breaking into the home.
He then walked through the house, went into the sleeping 16-year-old's bedroom, and kneeled beside her bed before waking her up.
The man got into the teen's bed and sexually assaulted her.
After the attack, the intruder forced the girl into the bathroom while he escaped though the bedroom window.
CCTV footage from a neighbouring property shows him then jumping from a fence, retrieving his jacket, and running from the area.
The completely random nature of the attack has police deeply concerned, as they don't know if the intruder had followed and stalked his victim prior to the attack.
"Our number one goal is to catch up with this guy as soon as we can," Detective Senior Sergeant Jason Walsh told reporters on Saturday.
"We urge anyone who knows this guy to call Crime Stoppers."
Det Sen Sgt Walsh said the CCTV images of the man were quite clear.
"The grabs that you'll see are reasonably clear ... quite a distinctive walk, I think it's fair to say, that he's got," he said.
Police have also released a computer-generated image of the intruder.
He is described as in his early-to-mid 20s, Caucasian, about 177cm tall with a thin and muscular build, clean shaven, and spoke with an Australian accent.
He was wearing a pink T-shirt, dark jeans and a dark jacket at the time of the break-in.
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