Girl threatened with weapon, Ruskington

We are asking for witnesses and information which might help our investigation into a report that people in a van have shouted a girl and pointed a firearm at her.

We received a report that a girl in her mid-teens was coming from the direction of Ruskington Youth Club at around 7.30pm last night (Monday, 23 September) when she was approached by a white transit van near to the junction of Westgate and Manor Street.

The passenger is reported to have leaned out of the window and shouted at the girl, before pointing something in her direction which resembled a pistol.

She left along West Gate and the van is thought to have travelled in the same direction. She continued home and flagged down a passing police patrol to make a report, after which officers carried out immediate searches of the area.

We are of course treating this information very seriously, and we’re asking for help to identify the van and its owners to take their account of what happened.

We believe there were a lot of people on the roads in that area at the time this is reported to have happened, and we’re asking people to check dashcam footage and see if it may have captured anything which could help our enquiries. If you have any other information please get in touch.    

If you can help, there are a number of ways to get in touch:

• Call 101 and ask for the duty Sergeant at Sleaford CID, quoting incident number 458 of 23 September
• Email [email protected] and out incident number 458 of 23 September in the subject line
• Report completely anonymously via Crimestoppers: Giving information anonymously | Crimestoppers (crimestoppers-uk.org)