A SEX predator attacked two women and followed two others as they walked to work in the CBD, police have revealed.
Detectives have released CCTV footage of a man they want to speak to after the chilling sexual assaults on Queen Street around 6.45am late last month.
One of the victims has described him as "dangerous" and said she felt lucky because "something could have gone very wrong, very quickly."
The 34-year-old was walking to a gym before work when she spotted the man "eyeballing" her between 6.30 and 7am on 26 July.
"He had a look on his face that gave me a chill down my spine - it was just not comfortable," Catherine - not her real name - said.
"He then grabbed me as I walked past him. I sidestepped and walked a few steps forward, turned around and he was staring back at me with a look on his face, which was sort of a 'come and get me' look.
"I thought, 'you're dangerous' and I turned around and kept walking."
She added: "I was very shaken. It's not something you expect as you walk to work. I certainly feel unsafe now in the city. It's made me a lot more alert and a lot more alarmed.
"I'm very conscious now of what's going on around me, particularly at that hour of the morning. It's certainly made me a lot more anxious.
"It was very deliberate and calculated, timed, he was not looking away. He looked very determined."
Around the same time a 26-year-old was grabbed around her waist from behind by the same man, it is believed.
The man then pushed the woman against a wall and indecently assaulted her before she managed to push him away.
Senior Constable John Baldwin said the brazen offender then turned and blew his victim a kiss before leaving the area.
Police have also captured the same man following two other women, unknown to them, on CCTV.
Victim "Catherine" said she felt "sick" after hearing about the other attacks.
"I felt sick. It's very disconcerting," she said.
"I feel very lucky nothing worse happened to me because something could have gone very wrong, very quickly."
Police have issued this FACE image of a man wanted in connection with city sex assaults. Picture: Victoria Police Source: Supplied
continued: "I was mad and I was going to turn around and yell at him, but I looked at him and read his demeanour and thought 'you're dangerous' so I turned and walked as quick as I could in the other direction.
"I was physically shaking."
The predator smirked at the victim when she turned around.
Catherine said she decided to speak openly to appeal for the public to identify the man and stop more women being attacked.
"He has scared me and he's intimidated me and made me changed my behaviour and if I can protect another female, that's why I am here," she said.
The man is described as caucasian, aged in his early 20s, medium build, around 170cm tall, brown spiky hair, clean shaven and he was wearing a long sleeved blue shirt and blue jeans
Anyone with information about these incidents is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or visit www.crimestoppers.com.au
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