The woman attempted to grab the baby but was fended off by the girl's mother
Posted on 08/13/2007 9:12:56 AM PDT by Stoat
The woman attempted to grab the baby but was fended off by the girl's mother
A mother bravely fought off a couple who reached into her pram and attempted to snatch her four-month-old baby daughter by punching one of the would-be abductors in the face.
The female attacker yelled 'get the baby, get the baby' as the pair tried to rip the girl from her pushchair.
But the couple fled empty-handed because the tot was strapped into the pram and were finally driven away by the 30-year-old mother.
The mum, who lives in Leigh, was pushing the pram across a pelican crossing near Hulme Road in Leigh, near Wigan, at 8pm when the couple struck.
The woman first attempted to grab the baby, but as the mother fended her off the man reached into the pram.
He than ran away after being unable to release the baby, at which point the woman again tried to steal the baby.
The ordeal finally ended when the woman ran off after the mother punched her in the face.
Neither the mother nor her child were hurt, but the mother was left traumatised.
Detective Sergeant Graham Rigby, of Wigan CID, said: "This was a deeply disturbing incident in which a couple tried to snatch a baby from a pram.
"Thankfully the mother had strapped her baby into the pram and had the wherewithal to fight off the would-be abductors.
"She put up a determined fight against the couple and managed to fend them off, but she was left understandably horrified by what happened.
"We now need to hear from anyone who either saw what happened, or who saw this couple before the incident.
"We need to catch these people before they put another mother through a similar ordeal."
Police released a description of the couple they are looking for in connection with the incident.
The man is white, about 5ft 7in, in his 40s with a muscular build and very short black hair.
He was wearing black trainers, black jeans and a black leather jacket which covered most of his face.
The woman was also white, around 5ft 6in and in her 40s.
She wore black trainers, dark green combat trousers and a black jacket. Both offenders were wearing black knitted gloves.
Detectives want to hear from anyone who saw a couple fitting their description arguing in Atherleigh Way, near to Sainsbury's supermarket shortly before the incident.
Anyone with information can contact Wigan CID on 0161 856 5307 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
I don’t care what she looks like.......as you said in an earlieer post, any mother will fight to the death to protect her baby.
I expected a petite tiny little nothing of a mom...someone who they would think would be easy to silence...she is not that.
Good point.
You're quite welcome, and thank you again for pinging your list :-)
I had to laught when I saw the picture, though what you said is true, they do make a very cute looking family.
I am so glad those kidnappers did not succeed.
“...Catch em
Hang em
Draw em
Quarter em...”
Turn them over to Michael Vick and he’ll take care of that. The same way he treated the losing dogs in his enterprise.
Thanks for the ping. Glad they got the perps!
GO MOMMY!
mommas do come out with their gloves on when their kids
are in danger. so glad to see this couple has been caught.
"I have to push the pram a lot!!!
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