Child abduction attempt Turkey

On RTE Liveline, Elaine and Phil from Dublin recounted their holiday to Turkey where an alleged attempted child abduction and assault took place. The incident ...

"I turned away and ran and hid around the corner. The two of them ran to the toilet which was beside the lift. "They tried to get her again. "The Turkish man got aggressive, hit me with his right hand. "I had never met them before. "In the midst of this I ran to grab my children. He was gripped on and wouldn't let go," Elaine said. It was pure and utter panic." Eventually the police came in. So I grabbed him." Another man came out of nowhere and was trying to pick up one of the other children that was there. Two men followed the family into the lift and were "beating the crap" out of Elaine and Phil while trying to drag them out.

A British couple have recalled their holiday hell after claiming three security guards tried to snatch their youngest child from a Turkish resort.

There were punches thrown and we just tried to get back into the hotel.' Dean Cremin and his partner Sophie Dawes were at the bar with fellow guests at their hotel in Antalya, Turkey, when the alleged incident took place. 'We ran straight to the lift and as the doors were about to close, the men saw us and ran over again and tried to pull me out while I was holding my two-year-old to drag me out', he said. Dean Cremin and his partner Sophie Dawes were at the bar with fellow guests at their hotel in Antalya, Turkey, when the alleged incident took place. The couple said their nightmare only ended once a pair of German tourists pulled Evie aside into nearby shrubs until the drama had died down. Ms Dawes claims a third man the placed a towel over her child's head and attempted to abduct her as he ran off, reports the Sun.

The incident allegedly happened in the early hours of May 16, when Dubliners Elaine and Phil had a night of socialising descend into "pure and utter panic".

Phil was told to get out of the lift "face down and hands and arms spread". "I turned away and ran and hid around the corner. It was reality." Dean said: "The Turkish man got aggressive, hit me with his right hand. We got into lobby and ran straight to the lift," she said. He added: "I had never met them before. My son had my phone and they dialled police." He was gripped on and wouldn't let go," Elaine said. It was pure and utter panic." So I grabbed him." He threw a towel over her head and ran. Two men followed the family into the lift and were "beating the c**p" out of Elaine and Phil while trying to drag them out.

Elaine and Phil were a week into their family holiday with their two children, aged 10 and 11, when the alleged assault took place in the early hours of May ...

Phil was told to get out of the lift "face down and hands and arms spread". "I turned away and ran and hid around the corner. It was reality." Dean said: "The Turkish man got aggressive, hit me with his right hand. We got into lobby and ran straight to the lift," she said. He added: "I had never met them before. My son had my phone and they dialled police." He was gripped on and wouldn't let go," Elaine said. It was pure and utter panic." So I grabbed him." He threw a towel over her head and ran. Two men followed the family into the lift and were "beating the c**p" out of Elaine and Phil while trying to drag them out.

Liveline listeners were left in shock yesterday after a Dublin mum recounted a terrifying ordeal abroad in which her kids were almost abducted in Turkey.

"The police never spoke to me. Something was pressed into the back of my head." "In the midst of this I ran to grab my children. It was pure and utter panic." "The two men attacked Phil. It was absolutely horrendous, the children were screaming. "Big, tall men, well over six foot," Elaine said.