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Blackpool Woman Jailed for Attempted Abduction of Baby in Pram

Prosecutors said the 'brazen' act inflicted unimaginable terror on the child's parents.

Overview

  • Nicolette Goldrick, 51, received 12 months in prison and a five-year restraining order at Preston Crown Court on 7 October.
  • She earlier pleaded guilty to child abduction and assaulting an emergency worker on 28 July.
  • The court heard she released a pram brake and pushed away a seven-month-old on Central Drive, Blackpool, on 10 May before the mother intervened.
  • Goldrick returned to the area later that day, was arrested, verbally abused officers and spat at one of them.
  • A victim statement read in court said the incident was the worst day of the parents' lives and something they would never get over.