Maidenhead & Windsor

Police in Maidenhead are appealing for the public’s help in trying to establish the full facts surrounding an incident reported last week.

A member of the public contacted the control room shortly after 5.30pm on Friday (15/9), after he witnessed a man being assaulted by three other males and then forced into the rear of a car.

The incident happened in Moor Lane, Maidenhead.

Treated as a potential kidnap with a person’s life at danger, officers were immediately deployed to the scene.

The caller was able to provide police with a description of the offending vehicle, a dark grey golf with a foreign number plate.

The vehicle, which is left-hand drive, was last seen driving out of Moor Lane, away from Cookham Road.

A search for the vehicle, offenders and potential victim was conducted however this proved negative. Meanwhile other officers carried out house to house inquiries in the vicinity of Moor Lane to see if anybody else had witnessed the incident. This also proved negative.

A Golf, similar to that described by the caller, was spotted by an officer on duty the following evening (16/9). However following inquiries made, the car and driver were eliminated from the investigation.

Det Sgt Simon Powell, Maidenhead officer investigating, said: “We are faced with a situation whereby we have been unable to trace a potential victim or indeed offenders.

“Besides being given the detailed account by the member of the public who informed us of the incident, we have very little information to progress with at this time.

“I am therefore appealing to anyone with information, who has not yet spoken to police, to come forward immediately.

“We need to establish exactly what happened and whether an offence has been committed.”

The victim and alleged offenders have been described as white males.

The victim is in his 20s to 30s, with short cropped hair and was wearing an orange T-shirt.

The three men who allegedly attacked and then bundled the victim into their car are stocky with shaved heads.

Det Sgt Powell from the Priority Crime Team at Maidenhead can be contacted via the 24 hour Police Enquiry Centre number on 0845 8 505 505. Those who do not wish to speak to police or leave their name should call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Thames Valley Police ~ Maidenhead