A WOMAN with a pram attempted to lure a one-year-old girl away from her mum in the middle of a busy supermarket. Stunned Josie Hill was in the baby products aisle of her local Tesco when little Lottie was approached by a stranger who looked like she was trying to lead the girl away. Josie Hill with daughter Lottie outside the Tesco where she was lured away The mum said the woman, who looked as though she was aged in her 30s or 40s, quickly “shot off” when she spotted her. She was carrying a pram but Josie is convinced there was no baby in it and the woman was just using it to lure a child away. Josie, from Hull, East Yorks, said: “This woman took advantage when she thought no one was watching and she thought the child was on her own. It fills me with dread. Lottie was approached by the stranger who was pushing a pram “My eyes were on Lottie all the time, I was stood in the middle of a split aisle, and she was about three or four steps away from me in the main aisle, but anyone near Lottie further down the main aisle wouldn’t have been able to see me.
“The woman had a big pram with her but I’m convinced there wasn’t a baby in there, there wasn’t any blankets either, so I’m now thinking she is walking around with an empty pram looking for a child. “I just want to put awareness out. This happens too much and people need to be warned.” SOUTH AFRICA’S MADELEINE MCCANN Witness Katrina Bateman, 23, who was shopping in the Tesco store in Hull East Yorks., at the same time as Josie, said she initially assumed the woman trying the lead Lottie away was her mum. She said: “I could see the toddler and I saw this woman go up to her and say, ‘come on then’, and just thought it was her mum. “When I saw the toddler walk away the other way and saw the woman I thought was the mum turn around, I went up to the girl and said, ‘Come on, princess – let’s go find your Mummy’. “Then this other woman said, ‘I’m her Mummy’. “I was really confused and felt really bad but said to her that some other woman had just asked her to go with her.”
The stranger, who had a pram, approached Lottie Hill in Tesco in Hull Josie has since praised Katrina, who has posted about the shocking incident on Tuesday on social media to warn parents. It has been shared more than 3,000 times on Facebook. She wrote: “Be aware, just witnessed a little girl about 3 years old almost being abducted in Tesco, St. Stephens. Keep your child literally next to you. Crazy, you can’t even do your shopping these days.” Security guards scoured the store for the woman after the incident which happened between 2pm and 2.30pm but couldn’t find her. Josie has now reported the woman to the police. She is described as having short blonde hair with dark streaks in it. She was wearing a black bomber jacket and was pushing a large black pram. Josie has alerted police over Tuesday’s shocking incident Josie said: “Because of the way the aisles are, I couldn’t see Katrina or the woman further down until she walked up and they couldn’t see me, but we could all see Lottie.
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