Police issue bizarre e-fit image in hope to catch burglar
Warwickshire Police issued the image in order to try and catch two burglars who managed to get into a house by distracting a woman in her 40s.
The men claimed to be from Orbit Housing as they tricked their way into the flat on Hertford Place, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Hide AdSocial media users have branded the e-fit issued by the force as “hilarious” and “a joke”.
Twitter user ChrissyP said: “I know him, that’s Zippy from Rainbow.”
One Facebook user, Jen Wyatt, said: “Seriously had to check the date wasn’t 1st April!”
A Warwickshire Police spokesman later tweeted: “We can confirm that this is real and that we anticipated the attention! But jokes aside, it was created from a description provided and it’s serious as a woman was victim of a horrible crime.
“Hopefully the attention will mean we identify the offender/bring him to justice quicker.”