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| Mother reunited with baby taken by car thieves | |
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| A photograph of a mother reunited with her four-week-old baby after a carjacking has been released by West Midlands police. | A photograph of a mother reunited with her four-week-old baby after a carjacking has been released by West Midlands police. |
| Clare O’Neill was injured as she tried to get her newborn daughter, Eliza, out of the vehicle as it was taken from her on Thursday afternoon. | |
| The drama unfolded as O’Neill, 39, pulled up on her drive in Acocks Green, Birmingham, at 4pm and was immediately approached by two men. As she fought to get her daughter out of the car, the men drove off, injuring her face and legs during the struggle. | The drama unfolded as O’Neill, 39, pulled up on her drive in Acocks Green, Birmingham, at 4pm and was immediately approached by two men. As she fought to get her daughter out of the car, the men drove off, injuring her face and legs during the struggle. |
| Officers across the city began a search for the baby and 45 minutes later, an ambulance crew at Small Heath health centre found her safe and well, still in her car seat. | |
| Witnesses told the Birmingham Mail: “I heard someone shouting ‘my baby, my baby’. | Witnesses told the Birmingham Mail: “I heard someone shouting ‘my baby, my baby’. |
| “I thought it was a domestic. Two cars sped off out of the street, her car following another car very closely behind. They were so close you couldn’t see the front licence plate on her car. | “I thought it was a domestic. Two cars sped off out of the street, her car following another car very closely behind. They were so close you couldn’t see the front licence plate on her car. |
| “I saw the car they arrived in but only one person was in it, so whether the accomplice was lying down or already on the street I don’t know. | |
| “The woman was injured. She had abrasions on her legs and face.” | “The woman was injured. She had abrasions on her legs and face.” |
| Neighbours rushed out to help O’Neill. Kanu Chavda, 68, and his wife heard screaming and shouting outside their home. | |
| “When she looked out the window she saw a struggle going on. All of the residents came out and the mother was on the floor. She was bruised and bloodied,” he said. | |
| “She said her baby had been snatched by two guys, with one wearing a black hood. I’ve lived here for 30 years and never known anything like this.” | “She said her baby had been snatched by two guys, with one wearing a black hood. I’ve lived here for 30 years and never known anything like this.” |
| DI Jim Munro said: “This incident has shocked the whole of our force area and we will leave no stone unturned in our search for the offenders. We have a team of officers trawling through CCTV and speaking to residents in Marie Drive, as well as fast-tracking forensic analysis of the baby seat. | |
| “We are asking anyone who may have seen the grey Audi A3 S-line with registration number BJ66 YLV since yesterday afternoon to contact us. | |
| “We are delighted that mother and baby have been reunited and we wish Clare a speedy recovery.” | |
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