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Peter Davidson

Cops hunt man with 'long purple hair' after boy, 12, approached in Aberdeen

Cops are hunting for a man with 'long purple with blue streaks' who approached a 12-year-old boy in a car in Aberdeen.

Officers from Police Scotland were called to Station Road West in Peterculter at around 3.30pm on Tuesday, February 4 after a report a man in a black car approached the schoolboy.

The man in question didn't get out the car, however officers are looking to establish the circumstances around the incident.

He was described to officers as white and aged around 30 years.

He has distinctive long purple hair with blue streaks. At the time of the incident he was wearing a jacket that had a light-blue coloured hood and black cuffs. He was also wearing sunglasses.

Sergeant Kevin Souter of the Nigg Local Policing Team said: "We have been carrying out enquries in the local area and checking CCTV footage to gather more information on this report.

"I would ask anyone who recognises this man’s description, or anyone who was in the area at the time, who can assist our enquiry to contact us through 101 quoting reference number 2367 of Tuesday, 4 February, 2020."

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