Stranger snatched British Toddler aged 2, off holiday isle beach

Stranger snatched Brit tot, 2, off holiday isle beach

By ALASTAIR TAYLOR

Published: Today

A MUM told yesterday how a stranger snatched her two-year-old son off a beach on a sunshine island - as she watched in horror.


The man grabbed little Presley Cassell and fled.

The toddler's dad Nicholas gave chase and grabbed Presley back 30 yards down the beach in Cyprus before the kidnapper could reach a car.

Presley's mum Keeley, 33, said: "He just picked up Presley and ran off down the beach. It happened right in front of our eyes. It was every parent's nightmare."

The snatch happened on the first day of their holiday two weeks ago in the Girne area of Northern Cyprus - controlled by Turkey.

Keeley said the incident triggered thoughts about 21-month-old Ben Needham - who vanished 18 years ago from the Greek isle of Kos - and the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, three, in Portugal in 2007.

Keeley said: "Presley is fair-haired, like Ben Needham. To see him picked up by this stranger who tried to dash off with him in front of our eyes was frightening."

Finance manager Keeley and Nicholas, 27, were so stunned that they left the beach in shock and did not call Cypriot police.

But they are contacting officers at home in Halifax, West Yorks - urging them to get in touch with counterparts in Cyprus to warn families.

Keeley said: "We want people there to be on their guard.

"Looking back, we should have gone to the police then - but we were in panic. We'll never forgive ourselves if we find out he's taken someone else's child."



http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2647043/Tot-2-snatched-off-beach.html

Thank God these parents spotted this happening, it could have been very different as the story we reported here a few weeks ago on a south coast British beach, where a mother was actually watching her toddler in front of her, looked away and looked back that child was gone, fortunately the child was found safe and well some 20 minutes later.

As the non judgemental non perfect human beings among us keep saying, Madeleine could have been taken from her bed during the night with her parents asleep in the next room.

There are vile evil people about, but then we all know this when we look at what Bennett and Butler are doing!

Another island holiday too.......big money involved and big motor yachts too IMO.

I think they´re scared stiff of the issue Royal.

Good to know that Presley is fine. Way to go toddler´s dad.

I'll bet a pound to a penny that, even now, on certain other web blogs, they are finding ways to blame the parents.

You'd have to assume they even bothered posting it Vee - doesn't match with their official hypothesis.

But if I had to make a guess they're commenting on the dad being younger, etc.