attempted child abduction - Calton Avenue, Wed 8th Dec 2016

[dimples]

Hello John k

The above letter we all received through our parent mail from the safer school police . I agree that they've put road instead of avenue but as for the authenticity of the above letter it has come directly from school as a warning .

To me dulwich village is close enough to east dulwich to warrant mine and many other parents to be extra aware of someone who is possiably a danger .

[One Dulwich]

I think they mean Townley Toad, not Turney. And yes, it should be Calton Avenue.

[Mick Mac]

From the Southward News post above:

A Met Police spokesperson told the News: ?Police are looking into an incident where a man approached a four-year-old boy in East Dulwich on November 7 at around 3.30pm.

?The boy was with an adult and officers are making further enquiries.?

Anyone with information that could help the police should call 101

The spokesperson only goes as far as to say "approached". Not sure what that proves, if anything. Probably that without sufficient evidence or other witnesses, Police do not want to categorise this as a crime, prematurely.

There would appear to be a potential disparity between the OP's account/classification of the incident and what the police are willing to say at the moment, for whatever reason.

[JohnL]

edhistory Wrote:

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> There is no Calton Road

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> The term "IC4" is not helpful for parents.

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> Turney Road is not in SE22.

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> Is this really a police notice?

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> John K

That sounds as if it's from a notepad

Southwark News also say "attackers"

[Otta]

It's nice to see that our Police force place such high value on grammar and good case recording.

[nxjen]

Far too much over analysis of text here that instead of throwing light on what happened is actually obscuring it

Something happened that has raised serious concerns

Leave it at that

[Mick Mac]

nxjen Wrote:

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> Something happened that has raised serious

> concerns

Well - We have now reached the stage of the thread where the initial OP headline has long ago made its initial impact and warned parents and carers of the serious concern issue.

However, now the dust has settled, there is room for another discussion - and it's important to take on board that what the Met Police have said makes no reference to abduction or attempted abduction. I find that interesting.

[Otta]

Agreed Mick.

[Alan Medic]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> However, now the dust has settled, there is room

> for another discussion - and it's important to

> take on board that what the Met Police have said

> makes no reference to abduction or attempted

> abduction. I find that interesting.

Do you mean as opposed to a 'potential' abduction or have I not read something? If you do, it sounds like police speak for not really knowing what the motive was.

[Jones1975]

What I find weird is that he was described as ? Asian?.

There have been a few other instances across the country when

toddlers have been led away or grabbed one in Sutton and one up north and all were

described as ? Asian? - something needs to be examined there.

[Jones1975]

I agree the nanny didn?t do the right thing