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| Mother and baby forced to flee after robbers steal car in West Midlands | Mother and baby forced to flee after robbers steal car in West Midlands |
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| A mother was forced to flee for safety with her baby after her car was stolen in the West Midlands. | |
| The pair escaped uninjured after the grey Audi RS6 was taken in Solihull on Saturday evening, police said. | |
| The woman stopped at a set of traffic lights at about 6pm when she was approached by four men who had pulled up in a car behind her. Police said the men demanded she get out of the car but she refused, telling them that her baby was in the back. | The woman stopped at a set of traffic lights at about 6pm when she was approached by four men who had pulled up in a car behind her. Police said the men demanded she get out of the car but she refused, telling them that her baby was in the back. |
| As the woman went to check on her baby, one of the men jumped into the driver’s seat and drove off at speed down Seven Star Road towards Warwick Road with the mother and baby still in the car. | As the woman went to check on her baby, one of the men jumped into the driver’s seat and drove off at speed down Seven Star Road towards Warwick Road with the mother and baby still in the car. |
| The suspects, described as Asian, pulled into a side road where the woman managed to escape with her baby before the thieves drove off. | The suspects, described as Asian, pulled into a side road where the woman managed to escape with her baby before the thieves drove off. |
| One of the suspects is described as being about 5ft 10in, of stocky build with facial stubble and wearing a navy blue tracksuit. The car they were originally in had blacked-out windows. | |
| DS Stew Lewis said: “There were a lot of people in the area when the robbery took place and I would ask them to get in touch if they haven’t done so already. Luckily the woman and her baby were not hurt but the woman is very shaken by what happened.” | DS Stew Lewis said: “There were a lot of people in the area when the robbery took place and I would ask them to get in touch if they haven’t done so already. Luckily the woman and her baby were not hurt but the woman is very shaken by what happened.” |