A 17-year-old girl was punched in the face and kicked in the head after spurning a stranger’s advances.

The attack happened in Church Street, Folkestone. The teenager was with a friend when the man approached her and made a sexual suggestion.

When the girl rejected his advances, the man hit her, knocking her to the ground and then kicked her in the head several times. He then ran off.

The attacker is described as an oriental man aged about 19 or 20, of small build, 5ft 6in tall, with dark brown spiky hair. He was wearing a dark green hooded jacket with yellow markings and a white checked shirt.