Mother fights off man who tried to snatch her eight-year-old son

Mother fights off man who tried to snatch her son, 8, and drag him into is ‘dirty white estate’ in broad daylight as police hunt suspect in his 30s

• Eight-year-old boy had been walking to school in Yeovil, Somerset on Monaday 
• The child was with his mother who also had another child in a pushchair 
• Police are hunting a man in his 30s with a medium build and broad shoulders 

A mother was forced to fight off a man who tried to snatch her eight-year-old son in broad daylight.

The boy was walking to school in Yeovil, Somerset, with his mother who also had another child in a pushchair.

The man pulled up in his ‘dirty white estate with tinted rear windows’ alongside the family on Cedar Grove – where the average price of a property is £287,500 – just before 8am on Monday. 

He then got out of the driver’s seat and attempted to snatch the boy from his mother as she desperately held on.

As she heroically stopped her child from being abducted, the mother began shouting before the man made off in the car towards Preston Road.

A mother was forced to fight off a man who tried to snatch her eight-year-old son in broad daylight on Cedar Grove (pictured) in Yeovil, Somerset

A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police said: ‘Officers have carried out house-to-house and CCTV enquiries and are in touch with the boy’s school, while reassurance patrols have been carried out. 

‘No further incidents have been reported, but please do contact your neighbourhood officers with any concerns.’

Police are calling on any witnesses or for anyone with dashcam footage to come forward.

The man has been described as being in his 30s, about 5ft 8ins tall and of medium build with broad shoulders. 

Police said he had olive brown skin, dark-coloured hair in a quiff style and a beard.

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