Hunt for man who is attacking and cutting women’s hair in south London

Police have launched an urgent hunt for a man who is cutting women’s hair in south east London.

A woman was walking along a residential road in Sidcup at around 8.30pm on Tuesday evening when she said a man came up and cut her hair.

Since then posts about similar occurrences have emerged, but so far police are only aware of a single incident.

Amy Louise Caplin wrote on Facebook: ‘To all the girls and women of Sidcup be aware there’s a serial attacker who is randomly attacking women from behind.

‘So far he has attacked five people and likes cutting off hair so please be careful.’

Jema Gilsenan added: ‘The guy is descried as wearing black and riding a push bike and I strongly believe it’s the same guy who was a peeping Tom around Crayford for the past few years.

‘It was scary and we always said his crimes would get worse.’

The Metropolitan Police said: ‘We are aware of social media posts regarding assaults on women in the Sidcup area of south London.

‘We can confirm we responded to a single incident that occurred on Tuesday, January 7 at 8.41pm in Mallard Walk in which a woman reported having her hair cut by a man.

‘Please be assured that we are working hard to try and locate a suspect, and local officers have been tasked with high visibility patrols in these areas.’

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