Lucky escape for businessman

Dorsetshire Hill businessman Andrew Woodroffe is lucky to be alive as his kindness nearly caused his demise last Saturday, August 16.{{more}}

According to reports, Woodroff 59, was at home when at around 3:30 am he heard an alarm going off and thought it was coming from his factory.

As it turned out the alarm was coming from a nearby building.

On his way back from his factory he saw a car perched over the embankment near to SVG TV.

The concerned man went to the car and saw a man and asked him if he wanted assistance.

The man, who was sitting in the front seat of the car, instead gave Woodroffe a telephone number which he said was his mother’s.

Woodroffe called the number when he got home and got an answering machine.

When he returned to where the man was, he said that he saw something in the man’s hand. Shortly after, the man hit him in his head and ran away.

Woodroffe suffered a laceration to the back of his head.

As it turns out, the car was allegedly stolen earlier that morning or the night before.

Police are now looking for this man, who gave his name as Keith James. They are however doubtful that he gave his real name.(KJ)