jad n rich

Sydney 2 days ago, here today

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...5E1702,00.html

From past abductions boys are no safer than girls either.

diddy

Makes you sick eh?

I don't get how it doesn't receive enough news coverage here. Remeber that little girl abducted from her bed in Sydney a few months ago. That should be plastered all over the news, but not too much was made of it.

Paul.

jad n rich

Thats exactly what I said, while we were in UK a 6 year old was abducted from her bath, it was news for days, papers telly you name it. Immediately thought of the tiny news item it made here Did they ever find the australian child?

Re abductions; The sunday mail last year had a police report which said there were up to 20 incidents of attempted child abductions or kerb crawling harassment of children a week. One abducted child here was a 13 year old boy (never found) its not just small girls either.

diddy

Damn that's a scary number especially when you've got kids.

I've been trying to keep up with the Daniel Morcambe story, but by all accounts it's unlikely he'll ever be found. You'd think with the initial story also being on the Sunshine Coast, it would be bigger news.

As for the little girl taken out of her bed, as far as I know she's still missing.

Paul.

jad n rich

OMG she was only 18 months old. I had hoped shed been found and we missed it due to being overseas.

jad n rich

I think because of DM the awarness up here has really improved, that might be why this latest ones made it to the papers, because the abductor(s) are still roaming around.

The 20 a week was just for qld imagine if they added up the attempts from every state.

I hear they got the guy who killed the sisters in Melb, 3 days later in WA, I suppose they dont really stick to one area do they, its pretty easy to commit a crime here and be 1000's of miles away by car just days later.

NKSK version 2

I think a lot of these abductions will be ex-partners (i.e. parents)

moneypenny20

That's partly what I hate about the British media - yes we need to be informed but we do not need to be constantly scared witless and made to feel that the problem is bigger than it is. Not to say a child abduction is not important because obviously it's very important but I hate to be made to feel terrified of letting my kids out when there are no more abductions than when I was a child. The media now feel the need to go on and on.

Does any country have a press that works on the happy medium

jad n rich

It was an article on the increase in traffic around schools, partially due to parents being scared to let their kids ride or walk to school, plenty do tho, anyone can see that.

It was kids reporting stangers approaching them not their parents.

Schools are getting better about it, ours got a talking too about it on day 1. However it is a school that DM once attended.

jad n rich

This time gold coast and brisbane

http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.a...5E3102,00.html

NedKelly

I reckon the Martians are doing it. :scared:

Vash the Stampede

Looks like they've found the little chap who went missing in Smethwick:
Source.