Man charged with attempted kidnapping of two-year-old from shopping centre
A man has been charged over the attempted kidnapping of a child at Penrith on Wednesday.
It's alleged the man entered a playground of a shopping complex on High Street just after 2.30pm and attempted to walk out with a two-year-old girl, police said.
He was stopped by her parents.
The man, who was not known to the girl, left the shopping centre and police were alerted.
Police officers attended the scene and spoke with the parents and witnesses, and viewed CCTV from the area.
Following inquiries, officers attended a Penrith home about 8.30pm and arrested a 41-year-old man.
He was taken to Penrith Police Station where he was charged with take a child away with intent to remove from parental control.
The man was bail refused and was due to appear in Penrith Local Court on Thursday, July 20.
