Many local residents have raised concerns tonight about a middle-aged man who is walking the streets of Epping claiming to have been mugged and requiring some money to call for help or catch the bus home. The gentleman has both stopped people in Epping High Street and also knocked on residential properties scattered throughout the town to ask for help and many people have assisted by giving £1 or so before sending him happily on his way.This man is well-known to local police and is not known to be violent. He is a local alcoholic and regularly drinks as much as he can afford before going out in search for a couple of pounds to buy another pint!
Advice from Essex Police is to refuse to give him any money and he will be on his way. You should however, take a note of his appearance, such as hair and eye colour, height, what he is wearing, what direction he has gone in and what time you saw him before calling the Neighbourhood Policing Team on 07779 317211. If the issue becomes more serious, please dial 999 immediately. By calling the police, you are helping to build evidence against this man who is a nuisance and whom we hope to bring an anti-social behaviour order again in due course.
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