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Police have released a CCTV image of a man who may be able to assist an investigation after a stranger grabbed a 10-year-old boy around his face and then clapped his hands over the youngster’s mouth as he was leaving a shop in Ramsgate.
Officers are carrying out enquiries after the boy’s mum reported the incident.
Frantic mum Susie Donohue says her son Jamie, who was accompanied by his 15-year-old sister Olivia, had gone to Viaduct Stores in St Luke’s Avenue on May 7 in his first trip out since the lockdown on March 23.
The 38-year-old, who is a domestic at the accident and emergency in QEQM Hospital, said: “Jamie went into the shop and was followed by a man. My daughter walked out and Jamie followed her and then the man grabbed my son’s face and held his hands over his mouth.
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“He saw my daughter looking and that’s when he ran off. I want to know what his intentions were and I am worried about why he put his hands over Jamie’s mouth.
“My son didn’t talk to him at all and now my kids are terrified.”
The mum-of-three reported the incident to police and says officers have looked through CCTV footage.
She added: “ We don’t know what that man had in his hand. I’m still in shock and so is my little man.”
“A Kent Police spokesperson said: “Kent Police is investigating a report of a man acting suspiciously around two children at a shop in St Luke’s Avenue, Ramsgate, at around 3.50pm on Thursday, May 7.
“Officers are carrying out enquiries to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident including a review of CCTV footage.”
Anyone with any information should call Kent Police on 01843 222289, quoting reference 46/77912/20.
You can also call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 or complete the online form at www.crimestoppers-uk.org