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BBC News
06-07-2025
- BBC News
Man charged with attempted kidnap at Victoria Park splash pad, Cardiff
A man has been charged with two counts of attempted kidnap after police were called to a splash pad in a popular park. Officers were called to Victoria Park in Canton, Cardiff, at about 12:00 BST on Thursday after a number of reports raising concerns about a man's behaviour in the splash park area. Some were concerned the man had been taking photographs or recording children at the park, but officers found he was not in possession of such devices after searching him. South Wales Police said the 34-year-old man, of no fixed abode, had also been charged with two public order offences and remanded in custody.
BBC News
02-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Steve Wright denies attempting to kidnap woman in Felixstowe
Steve Wright has denied attempting to kidnap a woman as she walked home from a nightclub more than 25 years woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was in Felixstowe, Suffolk, when the alleged attack took place on 18 September Wright, 67, appeared via video link at the Old Bailey accused of acting "unlawfully or by force" to carry out the is due to stand trial on 2 February 2026, where he also faces charges of kidnapping and murdering another woman - which he denies. That related to the death of 17-year-old Victoria Hall, who disappeared while on her way home from a night out in Felixstowe in the early hours of 19 September body was found 25 miles (40km) away by a dog walker in a ditch in Creeting St Peter, near Stowmarket, five days later on 24 Wright, formerly of London Road, Ipswich, spoke only to enter a not guilty plea to the attempted kidnap on was alleged he "unlawfully and by force attempted to take or carry away [the woman] against her will".Mr Justice Bennathan said a pre-trial review would be held in October. Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
