Police on the Isle of Wight are investigating after 2 teenage girls were left feeling ‘very uncomfortable and frightened’ after being followed by a suspicious man.
It’s been reported that between 15:00 and 17:00 yesterday (Tuesday), a man followed the teens through Union Street and into a shop in Cross Street whilst trying to talk to them.
The man is described as mixed race with braided hair, aged between 18 and 25 years old and wearing a bright yellow top – similar to a Brazilian football shirt.
Officers are following up enquiries and will be reviewing CCTV, and in the meantime would like to hear from anyone with information about this man, or who can help identify who he is.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101, quoting 44230279564. You can also submit information online at https://www.hampshire.police.uk/tua/tell-us-about/cor/tell-us-about-existing-case-report/.
Alternatively, you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers 100% anonymously on 0800 555 111, or via their anonymous online form at crimestoppers-uk.org
Was any laws broken?
No one has said any laws have been broken. Although if he was following them and repeatedly trying to talk to them and making them feel scared, distressed or threatened, then it could be classed as harrassment
Yes. It’s the UK, you can get banged up for any reason. And public enemy no1 men, are the worst criminals ever and should be locked up from birth. The only thing worst than a man is a middle aged white man (you know, the ones that pay for everything). Surprised you did not know that.
Am I right in think you believe middle aged white men are the group most targeted by police? Am I reading your comment correctly?
Nope, targeted by the general population. Anything wrong, always our fault. The police have their own place in hell what they do to some minorities.
Go on… In what ways are middle aged white men targeted and discriminated against? You will obviously have loads of very clear and specific examples as you are saying it happens all the time, so maybe give your top 10 best examples?
Was it you you cretin!? Our daughters are victims of predatory idiots like your dort!
Maybe not target of police…just the rest of woke society…
Stupid moronic comment try actually reading what happened and how uncomfortable this man’s actions made these girls feel.
What’s wrong with a white man???
Have you never heard of Rotherham? or are you simply just another racist that hate white people??..
Or Rochester, yet the press were pressured to drop those gang rapes of just white underage girls as quickly as possible.
IMAGINE IF it had been white gangs picking out under age blacks children.
The BBC would have made endless programmes about it, and the Law would be ‘changed’ to make ‘race rape’ a more punishable crime than rape.
Yet ‘they’ get away with it very lightly
SEE what is happening in OUR country.
‘Were any laws broken’… I think you mean! Harrssment. Why would a man follow two young girls to the extent he made them feel frightened and uncomfortable. Certainly not a normal thing to do.
English not your first language then!!!
Obviously not!
Our great great Grandparents may well have been right to keep them at arms length.
We all assumed they were wrong but the more cases of vile sexual rape, pestering and Rotherham and Rochester may well prove that they did have merit in their assumptions.
Whilst we are not ‘immune’ from such vile beings such as Saville, Glitter etc, they are but a few compared to the countless unpronounceable foreign vile sex perverts choosing to live here now.
Grammar is shocking! Ethics non existent
Please stop old farts and protect are young
Aged between 18 and 25…
The description doesn’t mention ‘old fart’ , but somebody much younger’. The word ‘ageist’ comes to mind.
The man is described as mixed race with braided hair, aged between 18 and 25 years old and wearing a bright yellow top – similar to a Brazilian football shirt.
pretty distinctive – if he lives on the island then he will be known, either way, he is clearly an effing deadbeat that lacks the mental capacity to take the hint and eff off.
We don’t know what’s happened or why it’s happened. We have no idea about his mental capacity.
yeah we do – anyone that follows teenage girls around town and into shops when they don’t know them is an effin nut case that needs locking up
Sorry I didn’t realise you were there and know him…
He’s obviously a pervert. Following teenage girls to the point they feel frightened is not right. These types are dangerous. Who knows what was on his mind but I think we can all guess!
Of course we could all guess, but that would achieve nothing. Thank goodness you don’t work for the police if you decide things based on a guess!
Has the BBC been filming on the island again? Need to keep their celebs on a tighter lead.
Was he a BBC presenter by any chance?
Why didn’t someone just ask him at the time?. Might be dodgy and dangerous or equally might be unwell or mental health or maybe the girls had harrased
him?. This is trouble with people nowadays if a man or especially from ethnic group everyone is suspicious and untrusted , while abusive and perverted women are not. Women are often equally or worse abuser’s. But we don’t make assumptions but always do with men,so very wrong. Hopefully he will be spoken to. Police should look on Facebook as alot on there last night and plenty saying seen him and knew of him.
Perhaps the girls should have taken a photo as can’t imagine a teen without a phone. Then even the reluctant Police could trace this creepy vile vermin and do nothing as usual.
At least the girls would have hard evidence to show to male friends who could then ‘talk’ to the ethnic in a more ‘simplistic’ language that ‘it’ might understand.
victim blaming i see freddie
The fact of the matter is this young man has severe mental health and has recently been released from seven acres. The mental health team are aware of his bad state of mental health and have failed him and the public.
If that is true, he should not have been released under the mental health act. Now that he has been released into the public he has become a danger to the public and should be either arrested for affray or put back into segregation under the mental health act. Whatever way you look at this situation his mental health is not an excuse to scare young girls, unless he can not understand the difference between right and wrong. If that is the case he should be under lock and key for his own safety and the public’s safety.
He’s very unwell and mental heslth team are aware of this incident and many more and still won’t section him. He was only released 2 months after 7 weeks in seven acres and he came out worse !
There are groups online to help with incels. Although there not proactively helping as much as they are complaining.
Girls need educating to tell dodgy blokes to just f*ck off. Only language some people understand.
So what method do you suppose girls should use to tell a 6 feet tall bloke twice the size of them to f off? I’m a big bloke and even I get nervous upon confrontation.
How do you know these girls were only 3 feet tall? Seems unlikely. They should just have told him to f*ck off when he first started pestering them. That would have worked. Not likely to attack them in a pulblic place.