A MANHUNT has been launched for a flasher who exposed himself to an eight-year-old girl.

The Southampton youngster is among five victims of the pervert who has struck four times in the Lordswood area.

Victims said each time he flashed he was wearing what looked like a fake beard and dark sunglasses.

Police said he exposed himself on July 12, August 26, September 23 and 24.

A woman in her 30s was flashed in the wooded area between Goldcrest Gardens and Turnstone Gardens on July 12.

The eight-year-old was flashed on August 26 at 11am near the entrance to the woodland in Sinclair Road.

And on September 23 between 6.25pm and 6.40pm the unknown man exposed himself to a woman in her 50s in the cut way leading out of Turnstone Gardens close to Longleat Gardens.

Two women were also flashed in Lordswood woods near Osprey Close on September 24 at 12.55pm.

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Police Sergeant Chris Collins from the Southampton West Neighbourhood Policing Team said: “We know that these incidents will cause concern in the local community however please be reassured that we are taking these reports seriously and have been carrying out enquiries.

“If you see a man matching the description acting suspiciously in this area or witness any further exposure incidents of this kind, please call us on 999 immediately so that we can deploy officers and carry out a thorough search of the area.

“Also, if you live in the area and have private CCTV including ring-doorbell that may have captured something, we would like to hear from you.

“Officers are carrying out increased patrols in the area. "If you have any concerns or information, please don’t hesitate to speak to them.”

The man is white with scruffy shoulder-length hair.

Call police on 101 quoting 44220395148.