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09 Jan 2012
Police are asking teenage girls and parents to be
vigilant following a series of concerning incidents in the
Crewe and Nantwich areas.
On three separate occasions during the evening
of Saturday 7th January 2012, 16-year-old girls
were approached by a man in a car.
The first incident took place at 5.30pm near to the Bus
Station, Beam Street, Nantwich. A man in a green
vauxhall car pulled up alongside a 16-year-old girl and
asked directions. The man is described as being in his late
30s, with dark hair, wearing a
long black coat, and the girl describes him as
having a "foreign accent". The teenager was
concerned enough at the man's approach to alert her parents who
contacted police.
A second incident occurred at 8.22pm in Victoria
Avenue, Crewe. A 16-year-old girl, walking near the BMX
track, was approached by a man in a green vauxhall
car who asked her and her friend to get into his car. They
declined, but he followed them and repeated the request. Eventually
he drove off, heading towards the bowling alley. They describe the
man as dark skinned with black short
hair.
The third incident occurred just ten minutes later (reported at
8.32pm) involving a 16 and 15-year-old girl
walking along West Street, Crewe when a man in a dark green
old shape green astra car pulled up alongside them and
asked for directions. The girls provided directions, and walked on,
but the man followed them in his car, stopped again and asked them
their ages. The man is described as possibly being Asian or
of mixed race. Concerned that they appeared to be being
followed, the girls tried to knock on the door of a nearby house
and raise the alarm, but when no-one was in, they ran home and
alerted the 16 year old's mother who rang police.
Crewe Police are concerned that 3
incidents, which appear to be linked through the description of the
car and a lone man approaching girls, have occurred in a short
period of time. While no aggression or force has been demonstrated
towards the girls, all were left uncomfortable enough to notify the
police.
Police are treating the three incidents as suspicious at this
stage, and advising parents and teenage girls to be mindful that
they have occurred. Police are also asking anyone who may have been
approached in similar circumstances to make contact with police at
Crewe. Police are also keen to hear from anyone who may recognise
the car or man from the descriptions given, and provide information
which could help identify him.
Finally, police are appealing to the car driver himself, if he
recognises himself from the circumstances, to make contact with
police so that he can be spoken to in connection with the
incident.
Any one with any information is asked to contact Crewe Police on
the non emergency number - 101 - quoting incident
number 741 of 07/01/2012.
Alternatively, information can be left anonymously on the
Crimestoppers hotline 0800 555 111.
