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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Benjamin Roberts-Haslam

Schoolgirl had 'panic attacks' after being approached by 'suspicious' man

A teenage girl went home and suffered panic attacks after she was allegedly approached on her way home from school.

The ECHO reported on a video that had been shared a number of times on social media showing a man talking to a school girl on Cherryfield Drive in Kirkby, the mum has now spoken out about the incident. The mum-of-two, who has asked to remain anonymous, told the ECHO: "She was leaving school and walking home when he just approached her and asked 'can I take your photo and your number?'

"He saw her getting her phone out and she started videoing him but he thought she was giving him her number. She was scared at the time even though she acted brave.

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