Readers like you keep news free for everyone.
More than 5,000 readers have already pitched in to keep free access to The Journal.
For the price of one cup of coffee each week you can help keep paywalls away.
holding hands image via Shutterstock
# Kidnapping
Man due in Omagh court over attempt to abduct child outside family home
The incident happened on Wednesday and police had been appealing for anyone with information about the man to come forward.
A 55-YEAR-OLD man in Tyrone is due in court today in connection with the attempted abduction of a child.
The man has been charged with attempted child abduction and common assault and will appear at Omagh Magistrates Court later today.
Police said the charges relate to a “suspicious approach to a child” in Coagh on Wednesday of this week. The Tyrone Times reports that the child was playing outside the family home Wednesday evening when a man got out of a car and grabbed the child’s arm.
The child’s mother saw what was happening, came out of the house and the man got into his car and drove off.
Police said the charges will now be reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service in Northern Ireland.
Read: Family of young Irish boy abducted to Egypt want help from Government>
Read: Police now treating April Jones disappearance as murder investigation>
