Girls, 13 and 14, admit kidnapping toddler from Primark store

The father of a two-year-old abducted from a Primark store last April by girls aged 13 and 14 said the kidnappers used sweets as part of their plan to entice her away.

The girls admitted a charge of kidnap after they walked off with the girl and were found an hour and a half later, three miles away, after their descriptions were circulated in a major police operation.

It can now be reported the victim was the second child they intended to grab from the Primark store in Newcastle, having tried unsuccessfully to trick another little girl’s mother.