A MAN who exposed himself outside a property in the early hours of the morning is believed to be connected to another five incidents of indecent exposure.

Police say a man, described as white, short and of stocky build in his 20s, exposed himself at a property in Rosehill Road, Padiham, at around 2.50am yesterday (May 10).

The incident is being linked to several others which have happened in the Burnley, Padiham and Pendle over the past several months.

The first happened outside a property in Pasturegate, Burnley, at 5.05pm on August 17.

The second happened outside a property in Hardy Avenue, Nelson, at 11.10pm on December 31.

The third happened outside a property in Padiham Road, Burnley, at 7.15am on January 27.

The fourth happened outside a property in Manchester Road, Burnley, at 6.03am on February 2.

The fifth happened outside a property in Pasturegate, Burnley, at 5.17am on April 24.

Two men previously arrested as part of police enquiries have been released with no action.

Further enquiries are now ongoing to identify the individual responsible and police are appealing for people to check their CCTV, dashcam or doorbell footage to see if they captured anybody matching the above description acting suspiciously in the areas of the offences at the time.

Detective Constable Lee Walker, from Lancashire Constabulary, said: “These incidents are clearly very distressing for the victims.

"We are doing all we can to identify the individual responsible and we have a dedicated team of officers assigned to this case.

“I appreciate some time has passed since some of the incidents have happened, but I would ask anybody with information which could assist our enquiries to contact the police as soon as possible.

"Even if you think that a piece of information isn’t significant, I would urge you to contact us so that we can review it alongside other intelligence and information we have.

“I would also ask people to check any footage they may have covering the areas the offences have taken place at to see if they have captured anything which could assist our investigation.

“Finally, I want to appeal directly to the person who is commit these crimes to search his conscience, do the decent thing and hand himself in.”

Anyone with information or footage is asked to email 4316@lancashire.police.uk or call police on 101, quoting log number 0796 of May 10, 2022.