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Met Police Appeal for Witness Who Shielded Women During Camden High Street Incident

Detectives say the man may hold vital information after CCTV showed him intervening.

Overview

  • The Metropolitan Police issued a public appeal on January 26 asking the unidentified man and other witnesses to contact 101 quoting reference 01/7057429/26.
  • Officers were called around 8am on Wednesday, January 14 to reports of an attempted robbery and sexual assault targeting three women on Camden High Street.
  • Investigators reviewing CCTV saw the man repeatedly place himself between the women and an intoxicated suspect and remain until the women were safe.
  • Police describe the man as white with a short brown beard and average build, wearing a light cream jacket, green rucksack, dark trousers, brown shoes and a red beanie with a yellow logo.
  • The intervention happened outside Miniso at the junction of Camden High Street and Inverness Street, and officers have publicly thanked him while urging him to come forward as a key witness.