Appeal following indecent exposure, Lincoln

We are asking for witnesses or anyone with information to contact us following two reports of indecent exposure in St Marks, Lincoln.

Both of these incidents , reported by separate witnesses, happened yesterday (Friday, 15 November).

In the first, a woman was walking at around 9.55pm from the Pure Gym to her car that was parked outside the old Toys R Us store. As she got into her car a man came from behind the vehicle, approached the driver’s window and then was seen masturbating. When she began to get out of the car, the man ran off.

Around five minutes later a second victim was walking with a friend from the Pure Gym, again towards the old Toys R Us store. They then saw a man stood on the footpath next to Burger King, who was facing them and masturbated.

The man is believed to have travelled by bicycle between St Marks and Dixon Street, and we are urgently appealing to anyone who saw him, who has CCTV in those areas, or who was driving in the area at the time and has dashcam footage, to contact us. If you saw suspicious behaviour around this time, please get in touch as your information could be crucial to our investigation.

The man has been described as white, around 5ft 6ins tall, with a large belly,. He was wearing a bandana wrapped around his face pulled up to his eyes, and a thick grey puffa-style jacket with a zip on the front – the jacket had been fully zipped up. He was also wearing a black skull cap.

If you witnessed these incidents, or any others, or have any information that could help our investigation please contact us.

Please call 101 quoting Incident 451 of 15 November.