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Man who abducted 5yo from campground wanted to eat her, court hears
A man who abducted a five-year-old girl in Tasmania told prison staff he took the child because he wanted to eat her, a court has heard.
Key points:
- Cecil Maurice Mabb is being sentenced over the abduction of a five-year-old girl from a Tasmanian campground
- He attempted to strangle the girl who was later found dazed and shocked by a fellow camper
- The girl and a friend who witnessed the “terrifying” abduction were left traumatised, the court heard
Rosebery man Cecil Maurice Mabb, 41, has pleaded guilty to assaulting and abducting the girl from Montagu Campground, in Tasmania’s north west, on January 24.
The girl was returned to her family within an hour, but Mabb fled the scene, prompting an extensive police search using drones, the rescue…
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