Male with torch seen in garden in Winstone near Cirencester

A male with a torch was seen walking around the garden of a property in a rural village near Cirencester at the weekend (library image) <i>(Image: Pixabay)</i>
A male with a torch was seen walking around the garden of a property in a rural village near Cirencester at the weekend (library image) (Image: Pixabay)
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A MALE with a torch was seen walking around the garden of a property in a rural village near Cirencester at the weekend.

The suspicious male was observed in the garden of a residential property in the vicinity of Jackbarrow Road in Winstone.

He was seen on CCTV walking around the garden with the torch around 2.30am on Saturday, September 19.

Gloucestershire police are appealing for information after the report.

If you have any more information about this incident, you should complete the following form, quoting incident 148 of September 19: tinyurl.com/9x47rvrn

Alternatively, you can give information anonymously by contacting Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or reporting online via crimestoppers-uk.org

For crime-prevention advice, visit gloucestershire.police.uk/cp/crime-prevention

“At this stage, we believe nothing has been stolen,” a spokesperson for Gloucestershire Constabulary said.

However, they said the force ‘are appealing for any witnesses to this incident or those who may have found items misplaced or moved in their gardens at around the same time’.

“If you have any further information about this incident, we’d like to hear from you,” the spokesperson said.

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