Surrey - search is on after kid seen being 'taken' by a van
Discussion
neenaw said:
So if no one's reported the child missing and the driver of the van they were supposedly bundled into has been ruled out of the Police enquiries surely it must be a case of the person who reported it making it up or embellishing what they actually saw?
It could be as simple a kid jumping out for a wee in the alley/stairway next to the discarded bike and then jumping back in to to van/people carrier. el stovey said:
Or traveler's child steals bike, dad picks him up in the stolen van as he's late for a fight and some do gooder reports the event as an abduction as bike is left behind and there was probably lots of swearing.
I think this is the most likely scenario, other than the fact that the pedant in me would want two ls in 'traveller'.I reckon travellers/gypsies/
s. A few bikes were stolen from my area, we saw the kids plating with them for 5 mins before their dad (I assume thats who ge was, as he called two of them by name) turned up, gave them all a smack and bundled them into a big Toyota Hilux. On a silent cctv recording it would have looked pretty bad.
s. A few bikes were stolen from my area, we saw the kids plating with them for 5 mins before their dad (I assume thats who ge was, as he called two of them by name) turned up, gave them all a smack and bundled them into a big Toyota Hilux. On a silent cctv recording it would have looked pretty bad. 
I was I guess thinking along similar lines - 'best' case, it's a member of the kids family but they're a bit off the grid, don't watch the news, no interest in speaking to the fuzz even to reassure them etc - or worst case this is a neglected kid and whoever should have reported him missing will be waking up with a hangover in the next few hours. 
BlackLabel said:
Here's hoping. Irresponsible as fk if it is a prank but much better than most of the alternative explanations. Just to add, as nobody else has to date, and making this so-called abduction even more odd, the bike has been ruled out too!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-371921...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-371921...
It is very weird. I'm wondering exactly what they're going on that has them continuing to think that this was a real incident of some kind; I thought CCTV coverage round there would be good enough that tracing the van would be… if not easy then at least possible.
Mind you I wouldn't want to be the copper making the call to stand down a search for a six year old, even a possibly made up one, either.
Mind you I wouldn't want to be the copper making the call to stand down a search for a six year old, even a possibly made up one, either.
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