Urgent hunt for ‘man with red eyes’ who ‘tried to pick up & run away with 3-year-old girl before her mum stopped him’

AN URGENT hunt is underway for a “man with red eyes” who “tried to pick up and run away with a three-year-old girl before her mum stopped him”.

The attempted abduction took place in Wolverhampton on Thursday evening at around 5.15pm.

West Midlands Police said the little girl had been outside a house on Leicester Street with an older relative when the man attempted to make off with her.

However, the child’s mother managed to intervene before taking her away in the direction of Harrow Street.