Toddler loses toe in horrific wrestle with man who snatched her from mom

A toddler misplaced her toe after a violent wrestle when her mom tried to save lots of her from a person who snatched her on the street.

Martin Enow grabbed the 18-month-old woman from her mom within the terrifying incident on Mayor Street in Bolton, in what has been described as “every parent’s worst nightmare”.

The 24-year-old was “experiencing a psychotic episode at the time” on February 21 this yr, studies the MEN.

Enow grabbed the toddler by her neck and tried to run “while holding her upside down”, the Crown Prosecution Service mentioned.

Her mum, who was together with her different little one, struggled with him and tried to seize her daughter again.

A stranger intervened and restrained Enow after witnessing the altercation, that means the mom was in a position to seize her daughter who was bleeding closely from her foot.

Another passerby stopped her automotive and ran out to assist, leaving her little one within the passenger seat. Enow then jumped into the driving force seat of the automotive however fortunately did not have the keys, so he ran from the scene.

He then climbed into the passenger seat of a taxi that stopped on the junction of Spa Road and Mayor Street and requested the driving force to take him to the soccer stadium, the CPS added.

But the driving force refused and locked him within the automotive till police arrived. The toddler misplaced her toe and needed to have an operation on her foot on account of the horrific incident.

She additionally suffered a damaged arm. Enow was subsequently charged pleaded responsible to kidnap and inflicting grievous bodily hurt at an earlier listening to.

He was jailed right this moment for 4 years. Garry Crawford, Senior Crown Prosecutor for CPS North West, mentioned: “This was a terrifying incident which encapsulates every parent’s worst nightmare.

“It is because of the fast pondering of the kid’s mom, the great Samaritans and the taxi driver, that Martin Enow was stopped earlier than any additional hurt may happen to both the kid or himself.

“We understand that Martin Enow was suffering with a mental health condition when he committed this offence. I hope that following the conclusion of the case the child’s family will have some sense of closure and that they can now begin to put what happened behind them.”

Greater Manchester Police mentioned no custody picture of Enow, of Lawson Street, Preston, was out there.