Overview
- A woman walking on Shoal Hill Common was approached by a knife‑wielding man who tried to grab her, and she escaped uninjured on Monday morning, June 29.
- Staffordshire Police logged the report at 2.30pm on June 29 and published a suspect description of an Asian man about 6ft tall, slim, wearing grey tracksuit bottoms, a black jumper and white trainers.
- Police have arrested a 40‑year‑old man on suspicion of attempted kidnap and said he remains in custody for questioning.
- Officers are urgently seeking a dog‑walker who may have been nearby; he is described as a white man in his 60s, slim and clean‑shaven, wearing a dark jacket and a brown or green flat cap and walking a Staffordshire Bull Terrier with a tanned coat.
- Investigators are urging anyone with information to contact Staffordshire Police by calling 101 and quoting incident 504 of 29 June or to report anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 so enquiries can progress.