Mother’s horror as man ‘snatches toddler from pram’ at seaside arcade
A MOTHER has spoken of the horror moment a man allegedly snatched her toddler out of her pram at a seaside amusement arcade.
The mother said her toddler was nearly taken by a man on Saturday
The woman took to social media to warn fellow parents after she said a man in his 50s tried to grab her 19-month-old daughter.
She claims the attempted kidnapping happened at The Mint Arcade in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, yesterday.
Writing on the DN35 Crimewatch Facebook page, she said: “WARNING! A man aged 50-55, dark hair, tall medium build, sandy colour jacket and glasses, grabbed my 19 month-old daughter out her pram while we were in the arcades (mint) and as I tried to grab her back he squeezed my arm very hard and scratched me!
A man aged 50-55, dark hair, tall medium build, sandy colour jacket and glasses, grabbed my 19 month-old daughter out her pram
“Then walked out just as help was coming.
“Luckily we are both okay just very shocked something like that can happen locally.
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“Police have been informed just waiting now.”
Another woman claimed the man then approached her friend’s daughters and asked them “who was the prettiest and who was up for it”.
She said the man was also asking about their two-year-old sister.
Luckily, she said their mother was close behind and berated the man.
The incident happened at The Mint Arcade in Cleethorpes
Another woman said the man approached her friend's daughters in the seaside town
The terrifying ordeals come after a mother said she thought her daughter was going to be the “next Madeleine McCann” after a hotel maid peering over her cot woke her up.
Siobhan Prescott, 25, claimed the maid in Cyprus attempted to pick up Harper, one, who was screaming.
The maid has since been sacked from the hotel.