'Scary' - mum Nicola Spindler with the note, above, that sparked fears for her children's safety. Fortunately it was a false alarm. Picture: ADRIAN RUSHTON (53230-1)
Parents have been reassured that a suspected attempt to abduct a child from a Braintree school did not take place.
Letters had been sent to parents advising them to be vigilant after a man in a red van, claiming to be a taxi driver, attempted to snatch a child at a local primary school.
John Ray Junior School, in Notley Road, stressed it was "a misunderstanding" and it was a bona fide taxi driver who asked the wrong child if she needed a lift home last Wednesday afternoon.
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