Police are hunting a man suspected of trying to grab teenage girls - three times in less than a week. The driver tried to force the schoolgirls into his car in separate incidents in Salford, Greater Manchester.
Two aged 15 and one aged 13, the girls were left “extremely shaken up” by the incidents. During one terrifying encounter at 6.15pm on November 21, a 15-year-old girl was approached by the wanted man at a bus stop in Monton Green.
Police probing the kidnapping attempts said he first “made advances” towards her before trying to “physically get her to go” with him in his black Vauxhall Astra. The force believed the man had made another kidnap attempt just hours later, and another one five days earlier on November 16.
They have released CCTV of the vehicle used in the frightening attack and hope the distinctive silver wing mirror cover might help motorists identify the car. Two brief clips show the Astra prowling the streets of Rocky Lane and Monton Road in the Eccles area of the city, while the third is from Folly Lane, Swinton.
Detective Inspector Chris Horsfield said: “The victims have been left extremely shaken up by this encounter and it’s very important that we get this man identified and off the streets as soon as possible. We believe that the man we want to speak to may have been driving a dark-coloured hatchback car, but we need to review dashcam footage to identify the make, model and registration plate.
"We are appealing to drivers in the areas on the dates and times above to please submit their dashcam footage to us, so our specialised officers can go through and analyse it.”
Anyone with footage from these locations is asked to email cctvretrieval@gmp.police.uk with their name and contact number and officers will reply with instructions to upload your footage. Alternatively, leave a voicemail with GMP on 0161 856 8361, call 101 or use the LiveChat function online, quoting log number 2786 of November 21, 2022.
