Fake accident woman

[JoeChuff]

At 11.20 on Friday night, a woman knocked on the door of my house on Barry Road. She was probably late 50s, grey hair, somewhat scruffy but very well spoken. She calmly said that she had been in an accident and needed to use my phone. My girlfriend led her into the living room while I rushed upstairs to get my mobile. When I came back down she had made herself at home and asked whether I could put her up for the night. I said no, and she asked why not. I explained that I don't run a homeless shelter, and offered her my phone to call an ambulance, before quickly realising that there was nothing wrong with her other than a plaster on her finger. I told her I was ringing the police, and she said "go ahead". Finally once she realised I was serious, she got up and left.

has this happened to anyone else in ED?

[Louisa]

I know the woman you speak of I think, she often goes into the off-licence/newsagents nexr to The Green on EDR, and she comes up with all sorts of fanciful tales about crashes, people dying you know name it she says it. I think she may well have a mental illness, as i've seen her a lot up at the bus stop by Maudsley Hospital in Camberwell talking to herself.

[JoeChuff]

Yes that was the odd thing, she wasn't begging or pleading for a roof over her hand, giving me a sob story or anything - she just asked me to put her up in a very matter-of-fact way and then calmly refused to leave when I asked.