Driver's intentions 'genuine' say police after mother and child were offered lift in downpour

Police, who launched an investigating over a "suspicious incident" when a man driving a Range Rover offered a mother and her young child a lift in the pouring rain, say his "intentions were genuine".

An appeal was issued on Monday following a number of reported incidents in the Pentwyn and Pontprennau areas of Cardiff.

South Wales Police says a man has now come forward and apologised for causing concern.

The 41-year-old has admitted being the driver who offered the mother and child a lift in Heol Pontprennau.

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Police say enquiries are continuing into a number of other suspicious incidents in Pentywn and Pontprennau and neighbourhood officers are continuing patrols near schools, at the start and end of the school day, to help reassure the local community.