Police issue bizarre e-fit image in hope to catch burglar

A bizarre e-fit picture issued by police has attracted a lot of attention after people compared the wanted man to Zippy from Rainbow and the Cheshire Cat from Alice In Wonderland.
The bizarre e-fit picture issued by police has attracted a lot of attention. Pic: PA WireThe bizarre e-fit picture issued by police has attracted a lot of attention. Pic: PA Wire
The bizarre e-fit picture issued by police has attracted a lot of attention. Pic: PA Wire

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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Social 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.”