Manhunt launched after woman ‘sexually assaulted in a lift at a Tube station’

CCTV footage shows a man detectives would like to speak to after a woman was attacked in a station lift and again in a Tube carriage (Picture: British Transport Police)

Detectives are investigating a sexual assault inside a London Tube station after a woman was targeted by a stranger inside a lift and later attacked on a rush hour train.

British Transport Police said a woman was taking the lift at Elephant and Castle in south London on Friday, March 6, at around 5.20pm when she was first attacked by a stranger.