HALESWORTH was the scene of an accosting today when a man tried to lure a ten-year-old boy.Police are appealing for information after the incident which a spokesman called frightening.

A ten-year-old boy has been accosted in Halesworth.

Police are appealing for information after the incident yesterday which a spokesman called "frightening".

The boy was walking home from school in London Road at 4.30pm when a man in a red car asked him to get in. The boy ran off and the man followed but did not catch him.

The white man was 25-27, with shaved hair and stubble.