PEOPLE are being warned to be vigilant after a bogus decorator targeted an elderly woman in Langho.
The woman saw a man lurking at the back of her house in Portland Street and when she spoke to him he said he was there to fit curtains.
The white man, who was his mid-40s, 5ft 10in, slim, amd wearing dark trousers and coat, then ran off towards the Spar shop in the road.
Anyone with information about the incident at 2.30pm on Saturday can call Clitheroe police on 01200 443344.
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