DETECTIVES investigating an attempted distraction burglary in Victoria Road, Stanford-le-Hope would like to identify the men in these CCTV images and an efit.

On Monday, August 22 between 3pm and 4pm, a 50-year-old woman answered her door to three men who asked whether she needed any decorating done.

When she requested a business card, they laughed and walked off.

The following day between 9.30am and 10am, the same men jumped onto the bonnet of the victim’s car and climbed over a side gate. They went to the kitchen door, where the victim saw them and they ran off.

On Thursday, August 25 they attended the victim’s address again and opened the front window. She confronted them and they left.

Witnesses or anyone who recognises the men pictured should contact DC Darren Coote at Grays CID on 101 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.