Friday 19 August 2016
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Girl, 5, taken, ‘lucky to live’ “Clearly an incident such as this could only be described as absolutely traumatising for both the child and the parent,” he said. “I shudder to think what they are both going through.” A lone man took the BMW from a Kinglake Drive property about 6.30am with the young girl in the backseat, police said. A second man was seen leaving the scene in a white Toyota Supra. “The parents left momentarily and the offender has taken that opportunity to steal it,” Supt Gillard said. “What started as theft of a motor car has moved into a new arena, which is child abduction.” Supt Gillard said the offender must have known the girl was in the backseat. Continued page 4
By Luke Voogt
MAKING THEIR MOVE: Leopold Primary School grade six students Lauren and Izzy prepare to hit the stage on Tuesday 16 August at Geelong’s oldest performing arts festival. The 70th annual Geelong School Music and Movement Festival brought together students from around the region for group performances over three days at Costa Hall. 158066 Picture: LOUISA JONES
A five-year-old girl is lucky to be alive after her alleged abductor drove on the wrong side of Melbourne Road to evade a pursuit, police said. Police hunted for the alleged child abductor in Norlane on Thursday morning after a car was stolen from Wyndham Vale with the girl inside. They arrested an 18-year-old man about 1.30pm in Norlane the same day following reports of someone loitering suspiciously and said he was assisting with their inquiries. Operational Divisional Support Commander Superintendent Craig Gillard was in Norlane that morning as dog squads, helicopters and 50 police officers searched for a suspect.
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