Hunt after boy 'seen taken into van.

Update - no parent has reported a child matching the description as being missing. 

The owner of the van has been traced and has been ruled out of the enquiry by the police.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-37192134

How bizarre

Very worrying and baffling. At least hopefully it's good news?

Roger the Alien posted:

Very worrying and baffling. At least hopefully it's good news?

^^^^ What Rog said.

It's very strange  

Although the boy may have been tampering with the bike, a local pub landlord has now said that the bike had been outside the pub for a few days so the police don't think the bike is the boy's.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-37208336

No further news. The police have made a fresh appeal for information.

The man who reported the abduction of the young boy has been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice but has been released on bail.
http://www.surrey.police.uk/ne...k-vw-van-in-redhill/

El Loro posted:

The man who reported the abduction of the young boy has been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice but has been released on bail.
http://www.surrey.police.uk/ne...k-vw-van-in-redhill/

So presumably a hoax then... it's better than the alternative mind you. 

Roger the Alien posted:

El Loro posted:

The man who reported the abduction of the young boy has been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice but has been released on bail.
http://www.surrey.police.uk/ne...k-vw-van-in-redhill/

So presumably a hoax then... it's better than the alternative mind you. 

I agree Roger it is. 

But I also think it is extremely serious what he has done (if proven to be the case) particularly as all of the resources and money that will have been ploughed into investigating the allegation could have been spent on other unsolved and present cases. For that reason alone I feel he should be given a hefty fine and a jail term - a message needs to be sent out to people who are stupid enough to think that making hoax calls are just a bit of harmless fun.

EC, the fact that the police have charged the man with perverting the course of justice (maximum life imprisonment) rather than with wasting police time (maximum 6 months) shows that they consider this as potentially a serious offence.

Stupid man ...hope he gets severely censured ....although I think a life sentence is a bit much ,