Newtownards: PSNI search area after report of approach to child

Police have searched an area of Newtownards after a report of a suspicious approach to a child.

It was reported that the聽young girl was approached in聽a wooded area at the back of The Meadows area by聽a man at about 17:50 BST on Thursday.

She was not physically harmed but has been left shaken by the experience.聽

Officers, supported by the Air Support Unit, have聽conducted searches in the area and have appealed for the public's help.

They have described the man as being slimly built, with fair hair and a聽wavy goatee beard with a moustache.聽

He was聽wearing short-sleeved top with a hood, black trousers and a red baseball cap with a blue peak.