Mother fights off baby snatch pair

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The woman shouted "Get the baby, get the baby" during the attempted abduction on Wigan Road in Leigh, near Wigan, shortly after 8pm on Sunday.

The attackers failed to grab the baby as she was strapped into the pram and the mother, 30, punched the woman in the face.

The mother, who lives in Leigh, pushed the pram across a pelican crossing near Hulme Road when the incident occurred.

The woman attempted to grab the four-month-old baby, but as the mother fended her off the man reached into the pram.

He ran away after being unable to release the baby, at which point the woman again tried to steal the baby.

The ordeal ended when the woman ran off after the mother punched her in the face.

Neither the mother nor her child were hurt, but the mother was left traumatised.

Detective Sergeant Graham Rigby, of Wigan CID, said: "This was a deeply disturbing incident in which a couple tried to snatch a baby from a pram.

"Thankfully the mother had strapped her baby into the pram and had the wherewithal to fight off the would-be abductors. She put up a determined fight against the couple and managed to fend them off, but she was left understandably horrified by what happened."