POLICE are appealing for witnesses to come forward following an attempted burglary at a house in Edge Road, Painswick.
A householder returned home just before 4pm on Sunday, April 9 to find a man in his house about to steal a chainsaw from the porch.
The householder challenged the offender and ripped his T-shirt.
The offender dropped the chainsaw and ran off before getting into a white, old style Vauxhall Corsa car with a driver, who drove off turning left along Painswick High Street.
The offender is described as white, about 5' 8" tall, thin, with bad teeth and grey hair.
When the incident occurred there was a dark blue Mercedes car with the roof down parked opposite the victim's house.
It is believed four passengers were in the Mercedes, plus another car parked behind with a woman driver with long hair.
Police would like to hear from these people who may have witnessed the incident and the altercation between the householder and offender.
Please call 101 quoting incident number 258 of April 9 with any information.
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