COUNTY NEWS: Police warning after five-year-old approached by man

Police are warning parents and schoolchildren to stay vigilant after a five-year-old girl was approached by a driver.
By The Newsroom
Published 4th Apr 2016, 18:34 GMT
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 18:33 GMT

Police said officers received a report from a concerned parent after a driver stopped in Brambling Road, Horsham and asked the child if she lived there.

The girl was on one side of the road and her mother was on the opposite side when the dark green old style Toyota Land Cruiser pulled up, officers added.

He drove off as her mother approached.

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A spokesman for Sussex Police said: “While the man did not touch the girl or engage her in any further conversation, her mother did find it suspicious and reported the matter to police and the headteacher at Heron Way school who contacted other parents and other local schools.