E-fit image released in connection with incident in Blakeney, Forest of Dean

Officers investigating an incident where a man approached two girls in Blakeney in the Forest of Dean have released an E-fit image.

Police are keen to identify the man pictured as they want to speak to him in connection with the incident which happened on 31 May.

At around 11.50am a man approached two 11-year-old girls as they were walking on New Road and told them he would like to kiss them. They then ran away.

An appeal for information was issued in June and now police have released an E-fit image in a bid to identify the man.

He was described as being white, aged around 40 to 50 years old, and was wearing a grey North Face beanie hat, a grey and white top and blue jeans.

Anybody who has information or recognises the man in the E-fit is asked to contact Gloucestershire Constabulary online by completing the following form and quoting incident 21 of 1 June: https://www.gloucestershire.police.uk/contact/af/contact-us/us/a-crime-that-has-already-been-reported/