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CHILD SNATCHER GUILTY
Chilling moment Somali migrant kidnapped London schoolgirl by pretending to be an undercover police officer
Abdi Waise, 28, was found guilty at Wood Green crown court after his sickening attempts to kidnap six youngsters
THIS is the terrifying moment a Somali man kidnapped an 11-year-old girl after posing as an undercover policeman.
Abdi Waise, 28, was found guilty of trying to kidnap five young girls and kidnapping another as part of his sick ruse in North London.
One of his attempts was captured on CCTV and was used to convict the Somali national.
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Waise, of Tottenham, was heard to have pretended to be an undercover cop and approached children - all aged between 11 and 14 - before trying to lead them away with him on 18 January this year.
Wood Green crown court had previously heard how Waise accused some of his alleged victims of buying drugs, asking to search their bags and trying to take them to be stripped searched.
Edward Franklin, prosecuting, said: "Mr Waise approached a group of five boys outside a chicken shop and said he would give them £20 each.
"He then produced a substance in a bottle and informed them if you give it to girls you can do what you want to them.
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"He then waved it under their noses and they ran away from him. Later on the boys saw him outside the school with a short white girl.
“The defendant approached the 11-year-old girl and started addressing her.
"At first she thought he was a friendly stranger. He said he saw her mother drop her off and that her mother had texted him asking him to give her breakfast.
"He put his arm around her and said he was a police officer and she should come to his house for breakfast and to look at some photos about an incident in connection with a young girl and that her mother would be present.
"She managed to run away and lose herself in the crowd."
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Waise was later captured on CCTV outside a chicken shop, a newsagents and inside a mini cab office and then outside around the clock tower in Crouch End.
Mr Franklin added "He approached a girl and asked her how old she was and where she was going. She replied she was 14 and going to school.
"He said he was an undercover police officer and he asked what she had in her bag and whether she had any drugs.
"The defendant asked her name, but she refused to give it. As a bus appeared at the bus stop the defendant told her if she boarded the bus he would try and stop her.
"She said she would go home and tell her mum and went towards home, he shouted after her saying 'come back here I'm talking to you', but she ran towards home.
"Once inside she told her stepdad who went out and watched the defendant approach a group of five schoolgirls."
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At 8.15am Waise is said to have asked a schoolgirl if she was Somalian, then got out a phone and tried to give it to her, claiming his daughter went to the same school and wanted her to take him there.
Mr Franklin added: "He grabbed her wrist and jacket and she ran away and he chased her shouting 'oi oi I'm the police come here'. However he couldn't keep up and she went inside her home."
Mr Waise was then heard to have approached two girls walking to school together.
Fearing for their safety the girls ran to a passerby who walked them to their school gates and away from Waise.
The last alleged victim was accosted as she got off a bus in Crouch End.
Mr Franklin added: "At 9.10am he blocked the path of a girl as she got off the bus, she had to dodge into the road to get away from him, then she felt someone touching and tugging her arm.
"He said he was the police, she quickly realised he was not and started to run. As she looked behind she could see he was following, until she made it into the school."
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DCI Paul Trevers, in overall charge of the investigation from Haringey CID, said: "Waise went out with the plan of abducting a girl. He made concerted and increasingly desperate attempts over the course of about two and half hours.
"When deception didn't work, he became increasingly forceful. Fortunately all the girls saw through his ruse, and whilst frightened all made it away safely.
"I want to praise the incredibly brave children involved in this matter - both victims and witnesses. They have gone through a very frightening ordeal and shown immense courage."
Waise will be sentenced next Thursday.
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