A man has appeared in court in connection with an attack on a 16-year-old girl in Plaistow.

Michael Ayoade, of Greengate Street, Plaistow, pleaded guilty at Thames Magistrates’ Court this morning to one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm after the incident in Plaistow High Street on November 13, Scotland Yard said.

He was remanded in custody to re-appear at Inner London Crown Court on a date to be fixed.