Woman grabs stranger's baby by throat; mother pushes her away
A woman calmly walked into a chemist, reached into a pram and grabbed a one-year-old boy by the throat before saying “That baby would rather be dead” as his mother pushed her away.
Police have released CCTV footage from the incident of the woman after the reported daytime assault at Boots at The Strand in central London.
The baby was not injured due to the mother’s quick reaction, police said, but they have released the footage in a bid to track down the woman, who is seen being escorted from the shop by a security guard seconds after the incident on January 16.
The suspect is described as a white woman, aged in her early 60s, chubby, with light hair and a boil or eye deformity on her face.
The woman, who is thought to be around 5ft 2ins tall, was dressed in a white, red and grey striped poncho and wore a deer stalker hat.
Police said the mother, who was looking at something on a shelf when the woman approached, initially thought she was “going to just look and fuss over her baby” but she is seen quickly grabbing the woman’s hand and moving the pram away from her.
They added that the mother had been left extremely shaken up and traumatised after the incident.
Anyone with information has been asked to contact the police.
