Detectives investigating report of girl being approached by man
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Detectives have launched an investigation following a report that a man attempted to grab a girl in Lichfield.
At about 5.45pm yesterday (Sunday 9 March), it was reported that a girl, in her early teens, was walking on Burton Old Road West near St Michael’s Church when she noticed a white car following her. The passenger, described as a white man, got out and attempted to grab her.
She ran away to a place of safety and told someone what had happened.
We’ve been looking through CCTV and speaking to the girl to support her and to understand more about what happened.
CCTV checks have not identified any suspects or a suspect vehicle in the area at this stage.
Anyone with any information that can help us find out more is asked to get in touch by calling 101 or using Live Chat on our website, quoting incident 724 of 9 March.
To report anonymously, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Reports of this nature are always taken extremely seriously and officers are working hard to establish more information.