Mother fights off baby snatchers

A 30-year-old mother had to fight off a man and a woman who attempted to snatch her baby daughter from a pram.

The mother was crossing Wigan Road, Leigh, with her four-month-old daughter on Sunday when the woman lunged towards her and shouted: "Get the baby".

The man also went to grab the baby but the mother managed to punch the woman and the pair fled.

A police spokesman said: "Thankfully the mother had strapped her baby in... and fought off the would-be abductors."

The mother and child were unhurt.

The man is white, about 5ft 7in (1.70m) tall, in his 40s with a muscular build and very short jet black hair. He was wearing black trainers, black jeans and a black leather jacket which was fastened up to cover most of his face.

The woman was also white, around 5ft 6in (1.68m) tall, in her 40s with a slim build and jet black hair scraped back into a bun and piercing green eyes.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident

She was wearing black trainers, dark green combat trousers and a black canvas jacket which was elasticated around the waist. Both offenders were wearing black knitted gloves.

Det Sgt Graham Rigby said: "She put up a determined fight against the couple and managed to fend them off, but she was left understandably horrified by what happened.

"We now need to hear from anyone who either saw what happened, or who saw this couple before the incident.

"We need to catch these people before they put another mother through a similar ordeal."

Detectives are now appealing for anyone who saw the incident to contact them.