A suspected sex pest burst out from a bush before demanding a dog walker have sex with him in a tunnel, it has been revealed as footage of him running from the scene chased by a pack of dogs was made public.
Two women, a 67-year-old from Toorak and a 39-year-old from Glen Iris, had been walking their eight dogs along Gardiners Creek at Righetti Oval in Kooyong in Melbourne’s inner-east on Tuesday before a man ambushed them from nearby bushes.
Dogs belonging to the women set upon the man and gave chase as he set off on foot with the pursuit captured in widely-shared footage.
One of the women gave a TV interview following the incident and revealed he had made a disturbing threat.
“He lunged at my friend and grabbed a hold of her neck and upper shoulders,” she told Nine News.
“Then he started walking over to me and talking.
“He was threatening me to get me into the tunnel and he wanted to have sex with me.
“I was thinking of all the different scenarios that could happen, but I was more trying to jump into action rather than focus on how scared I was.”
The man then made efforts to pull one of the women towards him, but she managed to push away her assailant.
The dogs the women were walking then took the lead, turning on the alleged pervert and forcing him to flee into a nearby tunnel beneath the Monash Freeway.
Footage showed six dogs running after the man as he tripped and stumbled in an attempt to flee the scene.
One dog leapt at the man, nipped at his leg and ripped his pants.
He could be heard yelling at the dogs in the video but ultimately evaded capture.
The alleged pervert remains on the run, despite a major police response to the incident involving officers on the ground, the dog squad and in police aircraft.
Police have described the man as being of African appearance, wearing a black tracksuit with a grey hooded top, along with white socks and sliders and a blue backpack.
Anyone with information relating to the incident should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.