Police have released images of the suspect, a man believed to be in his early 30s, who allegedly approached the victim on December 30 at her home in Surbiton, south-west London, and claimed he was from the country’s national health service (NHS) was. ).
The suspect allegedly continued to stab the woman in the arm with what she described as an arrow-like tool and demanded payment of £ 160, which he said would later be reimbursed by the NHS.
The man went to the woman’s home a second time on Monday and asked for further payment of £ 100, police said.
Police in the city of London said it was not yet known what substance, if any, had been injected into the woman, but that she had been examined in a hospital and had no adverse effects.
Detective Inspector Kevin Ives described the incident in a statement as a disgusting and totally unacceptable assault on a member of the public who will not be tolerated. ‘
About one in 50 people in England now have the coronavirus, according to the country’s medical officer Chris Whitty.