Student comes home, finds intruder in flat

Police are looking for a well-groomed male after a female student was attacked in her Dunedin flat last night.

The student returned home to her north Dunedin flat at around 10pm to find the man in the laundry, Detective Senior Seargent Kallum Croudis said.

The man grabbed her and placed his hand over her mouth but the woman broke free.

She ran upstairs and the offender fled.

He is described as being a tall European male, of slim build, aged about 20, tidy in appearance, and wearing black track pants and a black beanie.

- NZPA