3 Child Snatch Alerts - Burnley

[Neal]

3 Child Snatch Alerts

DETECTIVES are investigating claims of the attempted abductions of three children in separate incidents in 48 hours.

A six-year-old boy and an eight-year-old girl are being interviewed by specialist officers to establish exactly what occurred and whether the incidents are linked.

Officers are also holding an inquiry into an incident involving a 10-year-old girl, who ran away from a man who tried to grab her.

The first report was at 12-40 p.m. on Thursday when there was an attempt to abduct the girl in the Laithe Street area in Healey Wood. A man has been arrested in connection with this incident and has been released on police bail pending further inquiries.

In the second incident, police were called at 8-40 p.m. on Saturday after a teenaged girl alleged that she had seen two males try to take a six-year-old boy from Laithe Street.

Police would like to speak to four men, two of whom used the shop on the corner of Reservoir Street and Laithe Street.

And at 9 p.m. on Friday, the 10-year-old girl was walking in Lowerhouse Lane when she heard footsteps behind her.

A balaclava-clad man reached out as if to grab her, but she managed to run away.

The offender is a 6ft. 2in., of large build, wearing a black balaclava, black three-quarter length jacket, black shirt or jumper with collar, black baggy trousers, black shoes with a Nike motif on the side and black woollen gloves.

l Anyone with any information about this incident is urged to contact Burnley CID on 425001 or Crimestoppers, free and in confidence, on 0800 555 111

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[takersbabe]

grrrrrrrrrr more perverts ffs we need laws for these i for am backing the offenders list all the way

[Poppy]

Oh this is awful and the school hols just round the corner, we must all be aware of what is going on around us and look out for every ones kids.
I darent print what I should like to do to these people

[takersbabe]

we need the offenders register then at least we have some idea

[Sweetpea]

Well, they don't give a damn when they know they are going to get less of a sentence than you would for stealing a car or something. There is no deterrent. Personally I'd like to see them put down like a rabid dog!

[takersbabe]

well yeah but at least the register would assist parents in being safe and make it easier for us to protect our kids

[Sweetpea]

But I doubt many will if given the choice. I can see both sides of this one.

[takersbabe]

they dont have a choice though if they dont sign it they get sent back to prison

[Sweetpea]

Yeah, those that caught, but it's all those that haven't been caught. They wont go on voluntarily.

[takersbabe]

yes i know that but at least its a start and we can at least know if the registered ones are in our areas

[Sweetpea]

Thats true, and the sooner the better.

[takersbabe]

well from what i can gather the sarahs law is in the first stages of actually being accepted in this country after 6 years of sara payne petioning for it.