Two arrested after allegedly trying to get boy into car

The Bishop Blaize pub on Winchester Road in Romsey. <i>(Image: Google Maps)</i>
The Bishop Blaize pub on Winchester Road in Romsey. (Image: Google Maps)
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Two people have been arrested after allegedly attacking a 14-year-old boy outside of a pub in Romsey.

Hampshire police were called at around 2pm to a fight taking place outside of the Bishop Blaize pub on Winchester Road on Friday.

A man in a white Ford Mondeo is said to have assaulted a 14-year-old boy in the incident, threatening him and eventually attempting to get him into his car, which he was travelling in with a teenage boy.

The 14-year-old being attacked ran away along with the group that he was with and the man drove off, police said.

Hampshire Constabulary have arrested two people from Romsey.

A 21-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy have been arrested on suspicion of common assault and taking a child.

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They have both been released from police custody on conditional bail. 

Police are now appealing for more information, as they believe that Winchester Road was busy at the time of the incident, with a number of people passing by in vehicles and on foot.

Anyone with any information that may assist the investigation is asked to call 101 quoting the reference 44240553261.

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