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Newcastle Primark pair admit toddler kidnap | Newcastle Primark pair admit toddler kidnap |
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Two teenage girls who kidnapped a toddler from a Primark store had attempted to snatch another child from the shop on the same day. | Two teenage girls who kidnapped a toddler from a Primark store had attempted to snatch another child from the shop on the same day. |
The two-year-old girl went missing from the shop on Northumberland Street in Newcastle city centre in April. | The two-year-old girl went missing from the shop on Northumberland Street in Newcastle city centre in April. |
She was found an hour and 45 minutes later after being tracked via CCTV cameras to a park in the suburb of Gosforth, about three miles away. | She was found an hour and 45 minutes later after being tracked via CCTV cameras to a park in the suburb of Gosforth, about three miles away. |
The girls, aged 13 and 14, pleaded guilty to kidnap. | |
It can now be reported the pair, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had tried unsuccessfully to trick another girl's mother on 13 April. | |
In both cases they picked on black children. | In both cases they picked on black children. |
'Assessment of dangerousness' | 'Assessment of dangerousness' |
The previous hearing in April heard a tablet computer was found containing searches for "rape", "people getting raped", "young people getting raped", "poor little thing getting kidnapped and raped". | The previous hearing in April heard a tablet computer was found containing searches for "rape", "people getting raped", "young people getting raped", "poor little thing getting kidnapped and raped". |
District Judge Roger Elsey adjourned the case for reports to be made, saying there was some "very concerning material on the tablet that was recovered". | District Judge Roger Elsey adjourned the case for reports to be made, saying there was some "very concerning material on the tablet that was recovered". |
"That is going to have to inform the assessment of dangerousness," he said. | "That is going to have to inform the assessment of dangerousness," he said. |
The teenagers from Tyneside also admitted shoplifting dummies, baby milk and a bottle. | The teenagers from Tyneside also admitted shoplifting dummies, baby milk and a bottle. |
They had been charged with kidnap with the intention of committing a sexual offence, but the prosecution at a youth court hearing in North Shields accepted a plea to the alternative charge of kidnap. | They had been charged with kidnap with the intention of committing a sexual offence, but the prosecution at a youth court hearing in North Shields accepted a plea to the alternative charge of kidnap. |
The girls will appear before the same court on 4 July but may be sentenced at crown court. | The girls will appear before the same court on 4 July but may be sentenced at crown court. |
They were remanded into the care of the local authority. | They were remanded into the care of the local authority. |