Police hunt woman who tried to 'grab' girl, 7, at a Tube station then claimed her DAD was the kidnapper
CCTV image from West Ham Underground station of the woman, dressed in all-black and carrying a bottle of wine, who police say then falsely told bystanders the girl's father was the kidnapper.A CCTV image of the woman British Transport Police are hunting after she accused a father of kidnapping his own daughter before fleeing West Ham station ahead of officers' arrival.
British Transport Police have released CCTV images of a blonde woman dressed in black and apparently carrying a bottle of wine, after she approached a seven-year-old girl at West Ham Underground station at around 8.30pm on Thursday 15 October and tried to take her hand. When the girl and her father moved away, the woman told bystanders that the father was kidnapping his own child, then left the scene before police arrived.
The woman's jacket has a shoulder patch in the shape of an inverted triangle, and she was wearing a baseball cap.
Detective Constable Chris Petty said officers are 'doing all we can to identify the woman'.
Anyone who recognises her should text 61016 quoting reference 108 of 16 October.
