Police are investigating a suspicious incident in Wootton after a man reportedly grabbed the handle of a 9-year-old child’s backpack, before fleeing in a van.
Officers received a report at 16:04 yesterday (Thursday) following an incident on Church Road at around 15:45.
It is reported that a man grabbed the handle of a backpack being worn by a 9-year-old child. The man then left the area in a blue van.
Enquiries are ongoing to identify the man and establish the full circumstances of what happened.
Door to door enquiries are taking place today as investigations continue.
Police are appealing for anyone who witnessed anything suspicious in the area at the time to come forward. Anyone with information is asked to contact 101, quoting 44260202691.
Officers are also carrying out additional patrols in the area today. Anyone with concerns can speak to uniformed officers.
the police can manage to track a vehicle hidden on the moon in minutes, that does 1mph over the speed limit in wootton – so chop, chop come on officers, the array of speed surveillance equipment the police have installed on every inch of every road will no doubt have picked up the van and its reg, as well as a picture of the driver.
even quicker tracking him down, if the guy so much as posted a mere sarcastic sentence on facebook or x.
the guy should already be cooling his heels in a cell with all the big brother watching in the uk now.