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- 17-year-old girl breaks free from potential abductor: Twerton-on-Avon
Bath police are appealing for information after a 17-year-old girl was assaulted by a man in the High Street in Twerton.
It happened at around 10.30pm on Saturday July 24 near the William Hill bookmakers shop.
The teenager was approached by a man who grabbed her wrist and told her to get into his car.
She managed to break free and the man drove off.
- Car driver accosts 11-year-old girl: Franklin Road, Ipswich
Franklin Road, Ipswich at around 7:20pm Tuesday 20/07/10.
A male in a white van pulled up alongside an 11-year-old girl in a residential street and opened his passenger side door.
He asked the girl to get in and show him the way to Sainsbury's.
She declined and rode off on her bike.
The male is described as:
- Man assaults 12-year-old girl in woodland: Stowmarket
Chilton Way, Stowmarket at around 6.35pm 02/07/10.
Police are appealing for information after a 12 year old girl was assaulted in woodland.
She was walking near the pond when a male grabbed her arm from behind, she struggled free and ran away.
The male left towards Onehouse.
The girl suffered scratches to her arm.
- Police urge calm following reports of attempted abductions: Millbank Road, Rhyl
Abduction reports update: Police are urging the local communities to remain calm following widespread concerns over the possible attempted abduction of schoolchildren in the Conwy and Denbighshire areas.
- Man tries to drag 8-year-old boy into silver BMW: Brinnington
Detectives are looking for a man who tried to grab a young boy in Brinnington.
The incident happened in the car park at Brinnington Health Centre, Brinnington Road between 5pm and 7.30pm on Monday 28 June 2010.
The boy, aged eight, was riding his bike when a man got out of a silver BMW and asked him whether he wanted a Nintendo DS.
- 11-year-old escapes abduction attempt: St Margaret's Road, Oxford
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after an attempted abduction in Oxford on Friday (25/6).
Some time between 8.45am and 9am a man approached an 11-year-old girl in St Margaret's Road, off of Woodstock Road, in North Oxford, and grabbed the girl by the wrist.
The girl managed to break free and ran away and raised the alarm.
- 15-year-old girl escapes attack by stamping on assailant's foot: Clacton-on-Sea
Police are appealing for witnesses to an incident in Clacton in which a teenage girl was grabbed by a man in a van in Clacton.
The 15-year-old girl had been at the junction of Rush Green Road, St Osyth Road, Cloes Lane and Coppins Road at 4.30pm on Monday, June 26.
- Appeal after men try to abduct seven-year-old girl: Springwood Crescent, Romiley
Police in Stockport are hunting a man who tried to abduct a young girl as she walked along a street.
Between 1pm and 5pm on Saturday 26 June 2010, a seven-year-old girl was walking on Springwood Crescent, Romiley, when a man grabbed her from behind.
The man turned her towards a parked van and asked her if she wanted to see some puppies.
- Attempted abduction of 2-year-old at wedding vow renewal ceremony: Lowestoft
Police need to trace a girl after she attempted to walk off with a two year-old girl in an incident at St Peters Church on Saturday afternoon, 12 June.
- Police investigate suspicious incident: Apperley
Police are investigating a suspicious incident in Apperley near Tewkesbury.
It happened at around 10pm on Monday June 7 on Severn Way.
A 14-year-old boy was waiting to be collected when a vehicle pulled up alongside him.
A person got out of the vehicle and grabbed his arm.
The 14-year-old has then ran off to a nearby house.
- Man attempts to lure teenager into car: Turnford
Police are appealing for witnesses and information following reports of a man behaving suspiciously in Turnford over the past couple of weeks.
- Man and woman attempt to abduct female victim from car park: Forge Shopping Centre, Gallowgate
Police are appealing for information following an attempted abduction on a 64-year-old woman at Forge Shopping Centre, Gallowgate, Glasgow on Friday 28 May 2010.
Around 1230 hours on Friday 28 May 2010, the woman was putting shopping into her Nissan car which was parked within the car park at the Forge Shopping Centre.
- Man tries to force 18-year-old girl into car, e-fit issued: Dudley
An e-fit image has been released by detectives investigating a suspicious incident in Netherton where a man tried to force a young woman into his car.
Officers were called just after 3pm on Monday (24 May), when an 18-year-old woman was approached by an Asian man in a black car as she waited at a bus stop on Cole Street.
- Quick thinking woman foils possible abduction: Hill Top, Little Lever
Detectives in Bolton are trying to trace a woman who came to the aid of a teenager who was being forced into a car.
At about 10.35pm on Monday 26 April 2010, the victim, aged 17, was walking along Hill Top, Little Lever.
A dark blue or black BMW, possibly an X6 model, pulled up in front of her.
The driver got out and walked onto the pavement.
- Schoolgirl manages to break free after being grabbed: Northenden
At 9am on Wednesday 19 May 2010, the 16-year-old girl was walking along an alleyway between Consul Street and Brett Street, when a man walked up behind her and asked her:
"Where are you going?
"Who are you?"
He then grabbed her arm and said: