A man has admitted trying to kidnap a 17-year-old girl in Swindon in what police described as a "terrifying incident" for the victim.

Abdulmawal Ibrahim Adam, of Stanier Street, Swindon, approached the teenager in Princes Street, near Fleming Way, at around 9.30pm on 6 March this year as she was walking home from work.

As the 27-year-old started to follow her, she tried to flag down passing vehicles.

When she crossed the road at traffic lights, Adam grabbed her and dragged her back across the road, said Wiltshire Police.

Passengers from a bus which had stopped at the lights then intervened, before Adam ran off.

Police said he ran down Princes Street, where he tried to talk to another woman and attempted to follow her before she got away.

Image: CCTV showed the victim being approach

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