A terrified mum and dad desperately tried to stop a kidnapper as he took off in their family car - unaware that their toddler was still in the back seat. Luke Joyce jumped into the vehicle, which still had its engine running, as the child's mum was standing at the passenger door.
The 27-year-old, who had only just been released from jail a few weeks before, then sped off in the car - not realising that the two-year-old was sitting in the back. The mum screamed in horror and tried to hang on to the vehicle, but was thrown off.
Joyce then drove back towards her and almost hit the child's dad as he attempted to stop the car, Chronicle Live reports. When the thief eventually noticed the little girl was in the vehicle, he dumped the car several miles away and ran off, leaving the crying tot inside.
