Police: Have you seen this brazen conman who gave fake injection to a 92-year-old?
POLICE are hunting a conman who gave a 2-year-old woman a fake vaccine – and charged £160.
Detectives last night released CCTV images of the suspect who had knocked on his victim’s door claiming to be an NHS worker.
He jabbed the woman in the arm with a ‘dart-like implement’ and demanded £160 in payment. She gave him the money because he said it would be reimbursed by the Health Service.
Five days later he returned to the pensioner’s home in Surbiton, south-west London, and demanded another £100. It is not yet known what substance, if any, was injected, but the victim was later checked over at her local hospital and has suffered no ill effects.
City of London Police asked for help in tracing the fraudster amid fears he may have duped other pensioners and vulnerable people. Detective Inspector Kevin Ives, from the force, said: ‘This is a disgusting and totally unacceptable assault on a member of the public which won’t be tolerated. We are appealing to anyone who may have information that could assist us in identifying this man to get in touch.
‘It is crucial we catch him as soon as possible as not only is he defrauding individuals of money, he may endanger people’s lives.’
The conman is described as white with a London accent, in his early thirties, 5ft in, medium build, with light brown hair. A Government spokesman said: ‘NHS England will never charge you for the vaccine or ask for bank details, PIN numbers or passwords, when contacting you about a vaccination.’