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CHILD CATCHERS

BOGUS SOCIAL WORKERS

Hull mum has warned other parents to be on the alert for two men claiming to be from social services who attempted to gain entrance to her home in order to take away her child. The mother of one, living in the Wold Road area of west Hull, said the men had knocked on her door on Tuesday 5 May at around 4.30pm, telling her they needed to come inside to “remove her child from my care until further notice.” One was wearing a suit. She described them as at first

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