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Leyland man charged in connection with abduction of an 8-year-old girl

Posted on - 16th November, 2022 - 3:10pm | Author - | Posted in - Crime, Lancashire Police, Leyland, Preston News, South Ribble News
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The 29-year-old man was charged with taking a child so as to remove her from a person having lawful control Pic: South Ribble Police

Police have charged a man in connection with a child abduction investigation in Leyland.

Officers were called around 11.40am on Saturday (November 12) to a report of an incident in Seven Stars Road.

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It was alleged a man had approached an eight-year-old girl in a park close to Fox Lane and attempted to take her inside an address.

Police attended and later arrested a man at the scene.

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Following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, Thomas Edwards, aged 29, of Seven Stars Road, Leyland, was charged with taking a child so as to remove her from a person having lawful control.

He appeared at Preston Magistrates’ Court on Monday (14 November) and has been remanded to appear at court at a later date.

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