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Cops say man tried to sexual assault young girl in lower Manhattan

A sicko followed a 12-year-old girl into her Manhattan apartment building and attempted to sexually assault her in the stairwell, police said today.

The youngster was walking up the stairs inside the Hester Street building on the Lower East Side at 6 p.m. Monday when she heard someone outside, cops said.

She let him in for reasons that were not immediately clear, and he followed her to the third floor, where he tried to attack her, according to police.

But before he could harm her, a noise from an upstairs floor spooked him and fled on foot.

The girl, who did not know the man, was not injured.

The assailant is described as white and between the ages of 25 and 30, about 5’9 tall and weighing 175 pounds.

When last seen, he was wearing a blue jacket, brown pants, and a gray hat.