Parents urged to be extra vigilant after young girl invited to 'hop in' car

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Parents are being urged to be extra vigilant following an incident outside a Wilmslow primary school last week.

A dark-haired man in a small blue car pulled alongside a pre-school age child who was dropping a sibling off at St Anne's Fulshaw CE Primary School on Nursery Lane about 8.45am on Thursday, 29th January.

He wound down his window and encouraged her to 'hop in'. She immediately ran back to her mother and reported what had been said. The vehicle did not stop.

The incident was reported to other local schools and the police, who will be visiting some schools this week to give talks about 'Stranger Danger'.

Ms Clare Daniel, Headteacher at St Anne's Fulshaw CE Primary School said "We will address this today with the children at an age appropriate level in each class."

She added "We operate an information sharing system with our other local schools who have been informed of this incident so they can alert their parents too."

Sgt Andy Miller said "This matter has been reported to the police and has been investigated. At this stage we can only advise that parents are vigilant and report any suspicious incidents by calling 101 or 999 in an emergency.

"We appreciate that parents and teachers are feeling quite anxious so we are planning on conducting some "Stranger Danger" talks at some of our local schools this coming week. In the meantime we will do our best to patrol the numerous schools at drop off and pick up times to reassure the local community."

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