Man turns himself in after teen allegedly sexually assaulted at Melbourne shopping centre in broad daylight

A man has turned himself in after police released a CCTV image of a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a teenage girl in a Melbourne shopping centre in broad daylight.

The 47-year-old man from Delahey went to a north suburbs police station yesterday afternoon after police released the image yesterday morning.

He was interviewed by police and released, but is expected to be charged on summons.

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During the incident, a girl was shopping with her siblings at Melbourne Central shopping centre when a man allegedly bumped her on the shoulder and sexually assaulted her around 3.30pm on July 2.

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It was the latest in a string of recent sexual assaults on young women across the city.

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