Wltshire's most wanted

All ten are wanted for allegedly committing crimes such as robbery, abduction and sex attacks.

The potentially dangerous suspects should be on their toes because police are doing everything they can to bring them in for questioning. But officers are also appealing for help from the public who may be able to provide vital information.

A police spokesman said: "Anybody who suspects or knows somebody who has committed a crime can contact the police, or make a report anonymously through Crimestoppers."

The Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News is urging people to help the police find our most wanted by phoning them with information. "Everybody is responsible for policing the county to a certain degree, and we gather a lot of our intelligence through information from the public," the spokesman added.

Although the ten suspects are still at large, Wiltshire is one of the safest counties in the country.

A home office crime bulletin for the last financial year showed that the number of offences per 1,000 population was 63. The average for England and Wales is 104.

Anyone with information can use the following police contacts:

Bradford on Avon (01225) 862222

Chippenham (01249) 654455

Corsham (01249) 712172

Trowbridge (01225) 763101

Warminster (01985) 847000

Westbury (01373) 822171

Crimestoppers (0800) 555111

Bank raid in Bradford on Avon

THIS is the face of a man police believe may have been involved in a raid at Lloyds TSB in Bradford on Avon.

Police believe professional raiders were responsible for the attack on February 26, when telephone lines to the bank were slashed, and the back gates to the bank stormed by a masked gang in their car. But the raiders left empty-handed.

Police want to trace a man seen in a manhole outside the bank in Church Street on the night before the attempted heist.

They also want to talk to a man with long blond hair who seemed to be surveying the building on the same evening. He was standing on a wall, hanging onto a lamppost to get a better look at the back of the bank.

Serial arsonist may strike again

POLICE fear a serial arsonist's burning spree could escalate unless an arrest is made.

The arsonist, who has struck 13 times since Christmas in Westbury town centre, usually sets light to conifer trees and wheelie bins.

Inspector Geoff Miles, of Warminster and Westbury police, has asked the arsonist to give themselves up so they can get help.

In the most recent spate of fires two wheelie bins were set alight in the Meadow Road area of the town on February 23.

Police have stepped up their campaign to catch the culprit, and a witness, CCTV footage and a DNA sample are being used in the investigation.

Wanted for alleged sex offences

A FUGITIVE is being hunted down after failing to make a court appearance for alleged sex offences stretching back over three years.

Police in Chippenham have been hunting for Sikh Rana Sing for the last three weeks. He is accused of indecently assaulting seven people at the Langley Fish Bar, in Langley Road, where he works.

Six women and one man have made allegations against Singh relating to his conduct towards them.

Singh, 42, who lives in a flat above the shop, failed to appeal at an initial court hearing before Chippenham magistrates last month and will face extra charges for breaking bail conditions.

Armed robber was clad in black

POLICE are hunting for a dangerous armed robber who pointed a gun at the head of a Melksham shop manager during an early morning raid.

Detectives released CCTV footage of the masked robber who stormed into Alldays store in Pembroke Road on January 20 and pointed a pistol at the head of 26-year-old Jason Delaney.

The robber, who was clad in black clothes, a balaclava and black crash helmet, burst into the shop through an unlocked door just after 6am and escaped with less than £80 in coins.

It was the second armed robbery in Melksham in five months and police are not ruling out a link between the two incidents.

Alley attack on young mum

A SEX attacker who pounced on a teenage mother is on the loose.

Detectives have released an e-fit of the suspect and are urging anyone who recognises him to contact them.

An 18-year-old mother-of-one was grabbed from behind and attacked in a dingy alleyway which leads from Iceland superstore to Church Street car park, Melksham, on February 2.

The 18-year-old had spent the evening in Buds bar with friends before heading towards the Acropolis takeaway in Church Street.

Hunt for white male attacker

A TEAM of detectives are trying to piece together clues to find a man who subjected a woman to a terrifying sex attack in Trowbridge.

The 22-year-old was walking through the Longfield estate between 3am and 4am on January 12 when she was grabbed from behind and subjected to a serious sexual assault.

The attack took place in Orchard Road, in full view of houses and in a well-lit area.

The victim could only describe him as a white male.

Vicious assault in country lane

POLICE are desperate to snare a vicious pervert who sexually attacked a 42-year-old woman in a country lane.

The sex beast pulled up beside his victim in Mill Lane, Broughton Gifford, before pinning her to his red car and sexually assaulting her.

The terrifying ordeal happened between 8.30pm and 9.00pm on September 16 2002.

Police originally thought the attacker was trying to abduct his victim but later believed his sole intention was a savage sexual assault.

The attacker is described as white, 5ft 8ins, in his early 20s with short, cropped dark hair.

He is described as having a scruffy appearance and was driving a red car.

Night time attacker grabs employee

A NIGHT time attacker who grabbed a service station employee in Chippenham is wanted for questioning.

A 30-year-old woman was grabbed in the dark while walking across the footbridge near Leigh Delamere service station on February 9.

At around 7.30pm she walked across the footbridge from east to the west side of the motorway. When she reached a grass area leading into a wood a man placed his arm around her neck and put a hand on her shoulder.

The woman retaliated and the man let go and ran off.

He was wearing a dark coat but the victim was not able to give any further description.

Attempts to abduct schoolgirls

DETECTIVES are hunting for perverts who tried to snatch two schoolgirls in the space of four days in December 2001.

An 11-year-old girl was walking home from school on December 13 2001 when a man tapped her on the shoulder and then tried to pull her into a waiting car in Hilperton.

A nine-year-old girl was followed by a man near Staverton Marina four days earlier.

The man waited in Marsh Road for the girl to come out of a nearby shop and tried to beckon her into her car, but she managed to escape.

Police are treating both cases together but cannot confirm if they are linked.

The man involved in the second attempt is described as white, in his 30s, with dark hair. He wore glasses and drove a red, four-door saloon.

Cashpoint fraudsters sought

CASHPOINT fraudsters who have been preying on the unsuspecting public are high up on Wiltshire Police's wanted list.

CCTV images have been released of these two people wanted in connection with a series of frauds in Melksham, Corsham and Devizes.

Simple devices dubbed as Lebanese loops have been used to trap victims' credit cards in cashpoint machines.

Offenders lurking nearby then watch as customers frantically key in pin numbers, before taking out the device and cash card when their unsuspecting victim leave the scene.

Fraud squad officers from London are working with Wiltshire officers to crack the series of frauds.