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9.51AM: A seven-year-old girl has been indecently assaulted as her family shopped inside a Cobram supermarket.
Police are now hunting for a man captured on Woolworth’s CCTV cameras assaulting the girl numerous times around 10am on Monday.
Cobram police Detective Sen-Constable Justin Schulze said the man had followed the family around the Bank Street store waiting for opportune moments.
“While they were shopping the 7-year-old was indecently assaulted by an unknown male,” he said.
“He’s followed the victim around through the store and indecently assaulted the seven-year-old on a number of occasions.
“The girl was trailing behind and as the [family member] has turned around getting the shopping he’s [assaulted her].”
Sen-Constable Schulze said the family was distressed after the incident.