Witness appeal following attempted abduction in Runcorn

A 19 year old woman claims a man tried to force her into his car as she walked along Palace Fields Avenue. 

She says she was walking on a footpath near to the Hanover Court retirement homes from the direction of the bus lane when a car stopped alongside her.

One of the two men inside the car got out of the passenger side and walked towards the woman, who is from Runcorn.

He demanded that she get inside the car, put his hand on her shoulder and pulled at her clothing but the woman managed to escape and ran off towards Woodhatch Road.

Detective Constable Amanda Antrobus said: “The woman had never seen the two men before and has understandably been left shaken up by the incident.

“I would like to reassure members of the community that this is believed to be an isolated incident, we have increased the police presence in the area and we are doing all we can to try to catch the offenders and bring them to justice.