POLICE have handed out hundreds of leaflets to stop vigilantes targeting a man falsely accused of being a paedophile.

Bryan Davies, of Emma Street, Accrington, was accused by two girls of sexual assault last month, but investigating officers soon dismissed the case.

However, Mr Davies, 63, and his wife Debbie, 44, have been targeted by hate mobs ever since who have slashed their trailer tent, let down their car tyres, smashed their back gate and hurled foul insults and threats at the distraught couple.

The sick campaign has led local police to hand deliver flyers to homes in the area saying the allegations are ‘without any foundation whatsoever’.

But Mr Davies, who said he had suffered a stroke over the stress, wants charges brought against his accusers.

He said: “Mud sticks. I’m being persecuted and rumours are still being spread.

“We want the police to prosecute these girls. I want to clear my name.”

Bryan said: “We only moved to the area in June and didn’t want to get on the wrong side of the local children.

“They asked to walk our dog, so we let them. They kept coming round and then one of them asked to sleepover.

"I said ‘no chance’ and then that’s when the allegations started.

“They told police malicious lies that I had flashed at them and touched them.

"They said they had been at our house when they hadn’t.

“But when interviewed separately their stories didn’t tally and one of them told CID it was made up.”

Detectives spoke informally to Mr Davies and, after he volunteered his home computers, he was told there would be no further action.

But vigilantes stepped up their attacks, causing hundreds of pounds of damage and leaving the couple in fear of their lives.

This lead local police officers to take the unusual step of posting letters to local residents which say: ‘ATTENTION RESIDENTS There have been allegations made about a local resident paying inappropriate attention to young children in the area.

Allegations of this nature are taken very seriously and this matter has been FULLY investigated by the police.

The result of our investigation is that the allegations have been found to be false and without any foundation whatsoever.

Can we take this opportunity to reassure the public that there is no suspected or known person/s of concern living in this area'.

Mr Davies added: “When this letter came through my door I read it and thought ‘Thank God’.

“I thought maybe now people will realise I’ve done nothing wrong and these kids have been lying and the so-called vigilantes will have egg on their faces.

“I said all along they will find the truth and then I want them prosecuted.”

Geographic Inspector at Accrington, Mick Johnson said the allegations were ‘fully investigated’ and that no further action was being taken.

He said: “The investigating officers became aware of issues that may be related to that allegation, allegations of damage and juvenile nuisance in the area.

“The neighbourhood policing team conducted reassurance patrols and a letter drop to reassure the whole community that the matter had been investigated fully by police.

“Since the letter drop, the instances of nuisance in that area have dropped dramatically.“