Police are appealing for help in tracing a man who made obscene comments to a woman through the locked cubicle door of a ladies' loo.

The 39-year-old woman distressed by the incident, which happened in the toilets of the Sainsbury's supermarket in Braintree at 4.45pm on Wednesday.

The man quickly made off. Police want to speak to anyone who saw a man acting suspiciously near the toilets on 01376 551312.

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