An eight-year-old boy has been sexually assaulted in his tent while camping with his family in the Highlands.

Police said a man approached the child between midnight and 01:00 in the early hours of Thursday at the Loch Ness Bay campsite in Drumnadrochit.

The suspect is described as a white man, aged between 40 to 50-years-old, around 5ft 10ins (1.78m) tall and bald.

Extensive enquiries are ongoing, and specialist officers are supporting the boy and his family.