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No further action will be taken against a man seen on CCTV appearing to lead a toddler away from his mother at a shopping centre, police have said.

The clip shows the man walk up and take the 21-month-old boy by the hand at the Intu shopping centre in Derby about 10.30am on Thursday, May 8.

The child’s mother then turns around before confronting the man who is wearing a dark jacket and a cap.

However, Derbyshire Constabulary said they believe the man was ‘acting with good intentions’ after he came forward.


Detective chief inspector Nick Lamb said: ‘We are very grateful to the response from the public and to the man who contacted us and was later interviewed.



‘The gentleman was acting with good intentions, believing that the young boy had become separated from his mother.

‘The man was a little confused and thought the child’s mother was somebody else, and had tried to do a good deed in reuniting them.’