Police were today hunting a gunman who tried to steal a man's car.

The victim was sitting in his Audi in Doddinghurst when a man brandishing what appeared to be a handgun told him to wind down his window.

The would-be car jacker then lunged for the keys, but the victim managed to drive away before he could take them.

The gunman escaped in a maroon box-style car.

Published Monday August 12, 2002

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