Wellington Police are seeking to identify a man who tried to grab an eight-year-old child on Monday 4 July, while they were walking in Ngaio, Wellington.
Around 3.05pm the child was walking up Awarua Street from Ottawa Road when a black vehicle has approached them from the front and pulled up on the yellow lines at the curb.
The driver, a man, has reached over and grabbed the child from the passenger door of the vehicle trying to pull them into the vehicle and the child has managed to wriggle free.
The child has then ran up towards the Awarua Train Station and saw the man running after them.
The man stopped at the overbridge and went back to his vehicle and drove off. The man is described as Caucasian with a long white beard who was bald and old looking. He was driving a black car.
The offence occurred on Awarua Street near the intersection with Ottawa Road in Ngaio.
Police would like to hear about any sightings of this man and encourage people to call the Wellington Police on 04 381 2000 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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