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Man tried to entice 12-year-old into car




Police investigate suspicious incident in Burghfield Common involving man driving silver car

POLICE are investigating after a man tried to get a 12-year old boy into his car in an area of Burghfield Common.

The incident happened in the Clay Hill Road area around 4.50pm yesterday (Wednesday).

The boy said that the man tried to talk to him and asked him to get into the car.

Chief inspector Lindsey Finch, the deputy West Berkshire local police area commander, said: “We are investigating this and would welcome any information that the public may have.

"Incidents of this kind are thankfully rare, and the man did not get out of the vehicle or make any physical attempt to force the boy into the car.

“I understand that there will naturally be concern in the local community about what occurred yesterday, and our local neighbourhood officers will be in the area today to provide extra reassurance, particularly around the local schools.”

She said schools had been notified, and that police are keen to trace a silver car seen in the area, being driven by a man in his late twenties to early thirties who was acting suspiciously.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact police on 0845 8 505 505 or anonymously on 0800 555 111.



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