The High Street Abduction

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-36041764

What awful memories of the James Bulger case this invokes.

Thankfully, there was a happy outcome.

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/teenage-girls-accused-of-kidnapping-toddler-to-commit-sexual-offence/ar-BBrNfcR?li=BBoPOOl&ocid=mailsignoutmd

More about the child abducted from Primark by two girls.

It'll be interesting to see how the CPS fare with that charge - short of a confession.

So arrested on intention...

So they must of confessed to doing just that. (Intention of horrible stuff)

A tragic and truly awful situation.

So pleased the little one was found quickly and is ok.

A terrible world out there. Madeleine sadly would vouch for that.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3543140/White-teenage-sisters-13-14-charged-kidnap-intent-commit-sex-offence-abducting-toddler-two-wanted-BLACK-child.html

Bit more about in this article

Andrew wrote:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3543140/White-teenage-sisters-13-14-charged-kidnap-intent-commit-sex-offence-abducting-toddler-two-wanted-BLACK-child.html

Bit more about in this article

They have pleaded guilty - not sentenced yet. I don't think that these two will be safe to release for a long time.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-36468119

... not sure about that. Will reach 18, get released, given new identities, a 'start up' in life, job a place to live.. etc.

They'll come out of it a lot better off than they would of done if the crime didn't happen.

A few years in a holiday camp first.

Imo.

Alas, we know from the sentences on James Bulger's killers that outcome is quite possible.

A really good news item, very long, to copy and paste.  How those crucial hours and minutes are dealt with when a child disappears.  Also on iplayer in 3 episodes on BBC 4.



Allie Hodgkins-Brown ‏@AllieHBNews  · 5h5 hours ago  

Just heard on @BBCPM - behind the scenes when a child goes missing - excellent access by @andrewbomford









The High Street Abduction

How a toddler was snatched
by two teenage girls from a
busy Primark store

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-5667c315-a69c-4e5d-a683-e4e7771eb04d

If I have understood,  Richard D Hall is  is linking this with the Madeleine disappearance and saying it is some sort of hoax!

I've added a few earlier posts about this case to the topic.

I can't find anything to say that the two girls have been sentenced yet, 7 months after they pleaded guilty and that does seem odd.

This is what Richard D Hall has said.

If you don't think this is linked to the McCann case.  Do some thinking.   Mother not named, child not named, abductors not named, no cctv released.  Nothing is check-able.  If only Madeleine had been abducted in the UK, the police would have caught the perpetrators.

My favourite bit : The 101 non-emergency call, taken by handler KATE MCCAfferty, seemed routine.

I am not aware of any evidence which shows this was anything other than an exercise or a hoax

They were sentenced back in July.  As they are 13 and 14 years old nothing more will be known in public.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36829391
Newcastle Primark kidnap teenagers sentenced

I'm sure I posted about the outcome of this one on the 'misc crime' thread many moons ago. But anyway what's Hall on about...linked?

He needs to take a breather from gawping into space.

Andrew wrote:I'm sure I posted about the outcome of this one on the 'misc crime' thread many moons ago.  But anyway what's Hall on about...linked?

He needs to take a breather from gawping into space.

Yes it is from around 6 months ago Andrews, but Ms Helicat from the BBC tweeted the link to the new article about how the police handled this abduction, with the person being given access to how it works, and a very good write up it is too.    Just because there are no names given, which is highly understandable, some are immediately thinking it is a conspiracy, and somehow linked to Madeleine case     Oooo, and the callers name was KATE MCCafferty - what a coincidence

Thanks bluebell for posting a link to the verdict - perhaps it was too late in the day for me yesterday but I really couldn't find anything about it.

Richard must know that under-age criminals, victims and their families aren't usually identified.

Andrew wrote:I'm sure I posted about the outcome of this one on the 'misc crime' thread many moons ago.  But anyway what's Hall on about...linked?

He needs to take a breather from gawping into space.

I think I've seen somewhere that the thrust of RDH's "work" going forwards will be about how much of what we perceive as reality is actually in some way fake. I would still, personally, give about 30:70 on the entire MM affair being a fabrication of some sort. The thing is once you become so cynical (some might say rational, if they were feeling particularly generous!) it's difficult not to view everything else through he same prism. I've openly speculated on here about the Jo Cox murder being in some way linked to the Clement Freud revelations, for instance. What was the commissioning, making and broadcasting of The Missing really all about?

candyfloss wrote:

Yes it is from around 6 months ago Andrews, but Ms Helicat from the BBC tweeted the link to the new article about how the police handled this abduction, with the person being given access to how it works, and a very good write up it is too.    Just because there are no names given, which is highly understandable, some are immediately thinking it is a conspiracy, and somehow linked to Madeleine case     Oooo, and the callers name was KATE MCCafferty - what a coincidence

Can't speak for RDH but I suspect he would say that the very fact it has received such detailed coverage by our state mouthpiece is reason for suspicion in itself - they only really tell you what they want you to know.