Horror as carjacker steals motor with tot inside then abandons infant on random doorstep
Police reveal how the unhurt tot was found dumped six miles away from his mum
A THIEF stole a car with an 11-month-old baby inside and then dumped the tot SIX MILES away on a stranger's doorstep.
The baby boy's mother, 27, parked her Vauxhall Astra in Enfield with her son and 12-year-old stepdaughter inside.
However, as she left the vehicle a man jumped into driver's seat and started to move off.
Her quick-thinking daughter flung herself from the moving car but the baby was trapped inside.
She was left on the pavement outside the shop where her stepmum had stopped for snacks, screaming 'the baby, the baby'.
The family were on their way to a wedding when the thief struck.
The baby boy was later found abandoned on a stranger's doorstep six miles away.
Today a friend of the family told of the drama that unfolded yesterday lunchtime.
The man, who would not give his name, told how the family were on their way to an uncle's wedding where the girl was a bridesmaid.
They were all dressed up with even the baby boy wearing a bow-tie.
He said: "They were going to an uncle's wedding and the girl was a bridesmaid.
"She stopped to get some crisps and the 12 year old was in the car with the baby.
"While she was in the shop the man jumped into the car and drove away.
"The girl climbed into the front of the car, it had three doors, and threw herself out when the car was moving.
"It was amazing how the 12-year-old managed to open the door. She was wearing heels as well.
"She just rolled out as if she was in a film and started screaming.
It was amazing how the 12-year-old managed to open the door. She just rolled out as if she was in a film and started screaming
Family friend
"She was in floods of tears and was screaming, 'the baby.'
"If she hadn't got out, the mum would have come and out and seen the car and both of them gone and would not have known what happened.
"She has a scratched arm and bruises because the car was moving, but was otherwise physically unharmed."
The man explained how both the mum and stepdaughter had iPhones in the car and the police and a shopkeeper tried to drive round following the phone signal.
Police used a helicopter in the search for the car which was found nearly six miles away in Cheshunt without the baby inside.
After an agonising hour, the family were told the baby had been found abandoned on a doorstep in Cheshunt.
He said: "The baby had a bow tie on, all dressed up for the wedding when he was found. It was about an hour later.
"A lady came out and found the him on her doorstep. She brought him in, she changed his nappy and called the police.
"The mum is absolutely traumatised. She's in real distress."
Shopkeeper Sultan Salman, 42, from Enfield Food and Wine, said: "A woman came into the shop.
"She was wearing a dress for a wedding and I asked her if she was going to a wedding and she said yes.
"She was getting two orange drinks and some polos.
"Then we heard someone screaming outside and I saw a woman in a similar dress, screaming: 'the baby, the baby.'
"A little girl in a green dress, they were both in the same dress, was sitting down and shaking for about ten minutes, not saying anything.
"The woman was asking, 'did anyone see anything' and I said I didn't.
"About half an hour later, a police car came to help. It was a big big thing to have happened. It was horrible."
Metropolitan Police described the driver of the stolen car as a white man, in his late teens, with light spiky hair
Anyone with information is urged to call the police non-emergency line on 101 or Enfield CID on 0208 345 3323.