Anyone with information is asked to contact police

A 15-year-old girl was attacked in Carrickknowe Golf Course at about 2200 BST on Saturday, 28 August.

Another incident a week earlier on Saturday, 21 August saw a 21-year-old woman assaulted in the city's Home Street at about 0300 BST.

The attacks are not linked and Lothian and Borders Police have issued descriptions of both men involved.

The teenager had been out with friends when she became separated from them and was approached by a man who indecently assaulted her near the entrance to Glendevon Park.

Her attacker is described as a white male in his mid twenties, over 6ft tall, with dark hair, balding on top, and with a scar on his cheek.

Hanging around

He was wearing jeans, brown suede tasselled jacket and white trainers.

In the other attack, a woman had been using the phone box outside the Cameo Cinema when she noticed a man hanging around outside.

He followed her into a common stair on Home Street where she was indecently assaulted. The woman called out and was helped by a witness who chased the man towards Lothian Road but lost sight of him.

He is described as dark skinned, 25 to 30-years-old, with dark coloured wavy hair, dark eyes and was wearing a black sleeveless mesh-style vest and beige trousers.