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| Car stolen in Wigan with baby in the back | |
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| A car thief reported his own crime after discovering the vehicle had a seven-week-old baby boy in the back. | A car thief reported his own crime after discovering the vehicle had a seven-week-old baby boy in the back. |
| Police said a blue Subaru Impreza car was parked on Moor Road in Orrell, Wigan, at about 19:35 GMT on Tuesday. | Police said a blue Subaru Impreza car was parked on Moor Road in Orrell, Wigan, at about 19:35 GMT on Tuesday. |
| Baby Leo's father Tom Moulsdale, 24, briefly left the car to enquire about some work at a house. The thief got into the running vehicle and drove off. | Baby Leo's father Tom Moulsdale, 24, briefly left the car to enquire about some work at a house. The thief got into the running vehicle and drove off. |
| Police took an anonymous call 15 minutes later about a baby being left in a car three miles away in Billinge. | Police took an anonymous call 15 minutes later about a baby being left in a car three miles away in Billinge. |
| The abandoned vehicle was recovered and Leo was found unharmed. | The abandoned vehicle was recovered and Leo was found unharmed. |
| 'Driving erratically' | 'Driving erratically' |
| Leo's mother Louise Waine, 24, said a friend had seen the Subaru driving past. | Leo's mother Louise Waine, 24, said a friend had seen the Subaru driving past. |
| "My friend was driving down the street, the car overtook her and she thought it was Tom in the car - but he was driving erratically. | "My friend was driving down the street, the car overtook her and she thought it was Tom in the car - but he was driving erratically. |
| "She thought he couldn't have been driving like that with a baby in the car." | "She thought he couldn't have been driving like that with a baby in the car." |
| "I felt paralysed and panicky. To me, this wasn't real, this wasn't happening." | |
| Ms Waine went straight to the abandoned car where she found Leo asleep in the back of the vehicle. | |
| "I got out the car with no shoes on, ran over and got him out," she said. | "I got out the car with no shoes on, ran over and got him out," she said. |
| Det Insp Graham Atherton said the incident was not a targeted attack. | Det Insp Graham Atherton said the incident was not a targeted attack. |
| He said: "It simply was an opportunist crime where someone has took the car and realised the baby was in the back. | He said: "It simply was an opportunist crime where someone has took the car and realised the baby was in the back. |
| "Maybe he was afraid to stop there and then - he has gone to a second location, abandoned the car and backed it up with a phone call." | "Maybe he was afraid to stop there and then - he has gone to a second location, abandoned the car and backed it up with a phone call." |
| The offender is described as a white male in his 20s wearing a dark-coloured bob hat, a dark hooded top and lighter coloured trousers or tracksuit bottoms. | The offender is described as a white male in his 20s wearing a dark-coloured bob hat, a dark hooded top and lighter coloured trousers or tracksuit bottoms. |
| Detectives are appealing for witnesses. | Detectives are appealing for witnesses. |