Bexhill woman wakes up to find man leaning through her bedroom window

Police are searching for a man who subjected a young woman to a frightening experience in her own bedroom in Bexhill.
By Stephen Wynn-Davies
Published 26th Jul 2021, 14:54 BST
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At about 4.30am, on Tuesday (July 20) the woman, in her twenties, awoke to see him leaning in through her open ground floor bedroom window in London Road, Bexhill, police said.

He then made an indecent remark, according to police, whereupon she managed to close the window and he made off from the scene.

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The man, spotted on nearby CCTV, was described by police as white, wearing a baseball-style cap, glasses, grey winter gloves, and dark clothing, with a grey top of some kind in his waist band, on a very warm summer night.

Police would like to speak to this man. Picture: Sussex Police SUS-210726-144804001Police would like to speak to this man. Picture: Sussex Police SUS-210726-144804001
Police would like to speak to this man. Picture: Sussex Police SUS-210726-144804001

Detective Sergeant Paul Elrick said: “Do you recognise this man? This was a frightening and very unpleasant experience for the victim, although it is an isolated incident and we have not had anything similar in the area. We want to find him and establish exactly what he was up to.

“If you can help please contact us either online or by calling 101, quoting serial 180 of 20/07.”