Police are appealing for information after a man attempted to entice two 14-year-old girls into his car near Sutton Benger.

On Saturday February 6 at approximately 1am the girls were travelling by bicycle near the Draycott Cerne area of the B4069 between Chippenham and Sutton Benger, when a man in a car pulled up alongside them.

The man shouted at the girls to get into the car, but they refused and he proceeded to drive off in the direction of Wootton Bassett.

The man is described as athletically built and between 5ft5ins and 6ft tall. He was dressed all in black and was wearing black gloves with a Nike tick on them. The vehicle he was driving was a white or silver saloon car with heavily tinted/black rear windows and a dark coloured interior.

PC Nick Holt said: “This incident was very frightening for the two girls involved and I am appealing for members of the public to come forward if they witnessed a man fitting this description acting suspiciously in the areas of Chippenham, Wootton Bassett or the B4069 on the evening of Friday February 5 or in the early hours of Saturday morning.

FIRSTLY, what the hell are these girls, 14 years 0ld, doing out at 1am in the morning riding bikes in the countryside?

SECONDLY, what are the parents thinking letting them do it?

Ok, if these girls were legitimately returning from a social gathering why weren' t other arrangements made, such as a taxi or parental transportation? However, if i were a parent of a 14 year old girl, she certainly would not be out in the countryside at that time and probably not out at 1am full stop.

My other point is that immediately it is alleged the man in the incident is a paedophile... I dont condone the actions of paedophiles and I would also suggest the man gets a new line in speaking to females, but I do feel the man has been hung before the facts are known.

What if by chance he had thought that these girls were actually older than they were simply because no one would expect a 14 year old to be in that place at that time, may be he was actually "chatting them up"; then when he realised they were younger than he thought, made a hasty exit...?

Probably not, but it is an alternative to the standard press ideology of convict without trial.

Who can tell how old people are these days when a little slap can make someone older than they are, especially if they are going to a party.

Off my horse now.