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Mother's Heroic Chase Thwarts Baby Abduction Attempt

10/8/2025

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Nicolette Goldrick, 51, attempted to abduct a seven-month-old from a pram outside a Blackpool ice cream shop on May 10, releasing the brake.
The baby's mother chased, with a passerby, and retrieved the child.
She pleaded guilty to child abduction and assaulting an emergency worker, receiving a 12-month prison sentence and a five-year restraining order, according to Prosecutor Tom Snape.

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Story summary

Nicolette Goldrick, 51, attempted to abduct a seven-month-old from a pram outside a Blackpool ice cream shop on May 10, releasing the brake.
The baby's mother chased, with a passerby, and retrieved the child.
She pleaded guilty to child abduction and assaulting an emergency worker, receiving a 12-month prison sentence and a five-year restraining order, according to Prosecutor Tom Snape.