British ‘paedophile tried to snatch child’ from Spanish park
Aerial view of the Sant Andreu neighborhood in Barcelona (Picture: Getty Images)
A British ‘paedophile’ has been arrested in Spain after allegedly trying to abduct a two-year-old.
The 35-year-old man was reportedly stopped from taking the child from a park in Barcelona after his gutsy older brother, 12, tried to punch him.
The suspect was forced to flee the scene.
Police discovered that he had previous in the UK for child sex offences after taking him into custody.
They tracked him down after rushing to the scene and getting a description from witnesses.
The attempted snatch happened on Sunday evening in an unidentified park in the Barcelona neighbourhood of Sant Andreu in the north of the city.
Local reports say the alleged offender is currently living in Barcelona but originally comes from Manchester.
He was released on bail pending an ongoing investigation after appearing before an investigating magistrate in a closed court hearing.
The suspect has been banned from going within 50 metres of the park where the alleged attempted abduction took place as part of his bail conditions.
A spokesman for the regional Mossos d’Esquadra police force said: ‘I can confirm an arrest took place following reports a man tried to snatch a child in a park in the Sant Andreu area of Barcelona.’
He declined to comment on reports the suspect was already known to police in the UK because of ‘sexual misconduct’ with children and possessing a weapon in a school.
It was not immediately clear if he had simply been arrested over those offences or was already convicted and on a sex offenders register.
He is understood to currently live in Barcelona’s Zona Franca area, a large industrial and logistics area in the city’s Sants-Monjuic district between the Port of Barcelona and El Prat airport.
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