Stranger attempts to take child (From Gazette)
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Stranger attempts to take child
4:15pm Monday 8th October 2012 in News
DETECTIVES are appealing for information after a man tried to convince a child to get into his car with him in West Mersea.
Just before 8.30am on Saturday the stranger accosted a ten-year-old boy in Kingsland Road.
The man is black, about 5ft 8ins tall, bald and clean shaven and is believed to be aged 35 to 40-years-old.
The boy is safe and well.
Anyone with information call Colchester CID on 101.
See the full story in Tuesday's Gazette.