Cops called to primary and parents told to collect their kids after ‘killer clown’ approached youngster
A PRIMARY school headteacher asked parents to collect their kids after a pupil was waved at by a creepy clown.
The youngster was walking to Hollingwood Primary School, Derbyshire, yesterday when he saw the sinister figure in a park.
He told a member of staff when he got to school and a special assembly was held on stranger danger - as the 'killer clown' craze continues to sweep the country.
Over the past weekend Thames Valley Police were called to 14 reports of people being intimidated or frightened by others dressed as clowns and Gloucestershire Police had six reports.
In South Wales Police attended numerous reports as police are reporting more and more sightings and in Leicestershire, one woman was scared so badly she went into early labour as the craze continues to baffle much of the UK.
Police were called to the school yesterday morning and immediately searched the area but could not find the culprit.
The decision was then made to text all parents to suggest if their child normally walks home alone, they come and pick them up.
Angela Huthart, head of Hollingwood Primary School, near Chesterfield, said it had been an "upsetting" day for everyone.
She said: "A pupil arrived and told staff that someone dressed as a clown waved at him from Hollingwood Park while he was walking to school.
" We called the child's parents and the police.The police visited the school and searched the area. This was an upsetting incident for the pupil involved and for everyone at the school.
We sent a text to our parents so that they were aware, and so that they could make arrangements to collect their children if they usually walked home alone from school."
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Jobless 18-year-old, Connor Jones, was one of the first to be charged and punished as the unusual craze grips the UK.
He was fined £90 and received a public order offence on his criminal record.
A criminologist has revealed why people act differently when they put on costumes such as a clown mask, as the 'killer clown' craze spreads.
The craze has even got so out of control that popular circus, Zippos, has announced its shows will no longer feature clowns.
The Sun revealed yesterday that the teenage son of an England football star has been suspended from his private school for making “killer clown” threats to other kids.
The lad was ringleader in a sick social media stunt that caused eight schools to be evacuated. Police were called in.
The craze has become so frustrating for some, that they have formed Clown Hunter groups on Facebook to try and patrol the streets.
Yesterday, a group of pranksters appeared on Good Morning Britain to defend dressing up as clowns and scaring people, but distanced themselves from the people taking part in the current trend.
And a 10-year-old boy told the story of how he was chased by a person dressed as a clown and badly bruised after a rock was thrown at him.
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