Mum’s warning after taxi driver ‘tried to lure three boys into his car as they played football’
Youngsters aged 11 fled after they were approached by a man in Brighouse, West Yorks
A TAXI driver tried to lure three young boys into his car as they played football, it is claimed.
One boy's mum told how he and two friends, all aged 11, fled the suspected pervert and sought refuge in a garden.
She said the lads feared the cabbie was following them as they ran down a dead end and her son was so terrified he could not ring 999.
The Asian man, driving a white taxi, is said to have approached the youngsters as they had a kickabout on a field in Brighouse, West, Yorks, at 2.30pm last Saturday.
The mum, who does not want to be named, the driver said he had a football in his car and asked the boys to get in.
She said: “My son and another boy started to run off as they could sense something wasn’t right.
"The third boy tried to pick up all their coats and bags and the man again asked if he wanted to get in his car.
“The others came back to get him and they all ran off and the man started to get in his car.
“Unfortunately they ran down a cul-de-sac so they didn’t know what to do. One of them said ring 999.
“My son said he was too scared to ring police and one of the boys rang his dad who told them to shout for help.
“They ended up in a garden but the owner thought they were up to no good but they explained and he then phoned the police for them.”
The mum said her son then contacted her and she raced back and waited with him for the police.
She added: “They did exactly the right thing to get away and have proved themselves to be the trustworthy boys we know they are.
“We just don’t know what this man’s intentions were but they seem suspicious at the very least and I think other parents should be aware.”
West Yorkshire Police said: “Police received a report for a concern for safety after three boys were approached by a male while playing football in Brighouse.
"The incident happened on Blackburn Road, near to the junction of Granny Hall Lane.
"Officers attended and conducted searches in the area.”
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