Police hunting Gold Coast man caught groping young mother

Police are hunting a man on the Gold Coast who was caught on camera groping a young mother over the weekend.

The victim, a 24-year-old woman, said she had been returning from a morning walk in Southport when the man followed her back to the door of her apartment block and proceeded to repeatedly slap her on the backside.

“I just buzzed, and that's when he grabbed my bum, like five times, and I think I said, 'don't touch me',” she said.

“That was disgusting, to say the least.”

The woman also said it took her a few moments to realise the extent of what was happening as the man boasted about his efforts before she ran upstairs and screamed out to her partner.

“He said to me, like, 'sorry, I just had to do that, you've got the best bum'… That's when I just pushed the door in and freaked out,” she said.

“I shouldn't (have to) feel worried to walk in my own street, you know what I mean?”

Senior sergeant Brendan Wiblen of the Gold Coast Police said that, while assaults of this nature are not common, authorities are taking the offence very seriously.

“This was a very disturbing incident for the young woman, fortunately, unprovoked assaults in the street are very rare,” he said.