Police release e-fit and renewed witness appeal following Gosport burglary

POLICE have released an e-fit following a distraction burglary in Gosport.
Police release e-fit image of man following distraction burglary on  January 6 at The Thicket, Gosport.Police release e-fit image of man following distraction burglary on  January 6 at The Thicket, Gosport.
Police release e-fit image of man following distraction burglary on January 6 at The Thicket, Gosport.

Officers are renewing their appeal for witnesses after an elderly woman was the victim of the burglary.

At around 4.30pm on January 6 a man attended the victim’s home on The Thicket and asked if he could turn on her taps, to lower the pressure on the water.

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He went into the kitchen with the victim and turned the taps on. After a time inside the property, he left.

At 6pm the woman, who is in her nineties, realised her safe, which contained cash, a gold rope necklace, her husband’s wedding ring, a diamond engagement ring, a gate bracelet and her passport, was missing.

The man was white, about 40-years-old, slim, between 5ft 2ins and 5ft 4ins and wearing a dark-coloured hat, jacket and trousers.

The victim told officers two other men were seen near the address around the same time.

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Further enquiries led to a witness providing a description of one of these two men. An e-fit image of the man she described has been released by police (left).

He was in his 50s, had a dark complexion, was slim and 5ft 2ins. He had short brown hair, facial hair and was wearing an orange reflective jacket and dark trousers.

DC Andrew Sims said: ‘Do you recognise any of the men described? I’d like to hear from three men who were seen in a white transit van, as they may hold vital information.’

Call 101, quoting 44180007426.