Mum ‘punches suspected paedophile for flashing underage girl’

Both the mother and suspect were arrested as police struggled to contain a vigilante mob.

This is the dramatic moment a mother is arrested after a suspected paedophile was attacked by a violent vigilante mob.

The woman was detained for lunging at the man after he targeted an underage girl in broad daylight, it is alleged.

She is accused of attacking the suspect as police were taking him into custody, just minutes after he was given a vicious beating by a crowd who accused him of ‘flashing’ the girl.

Only two police officers stood between the suspect and the furious mob as they screamed ‘nonce’ and attempted to land further blows as he was being led away in handcuffs.

Disturbing footage of the incident in the Sheldon area of Birmingham shows the suspect standing with a bloody nose in the middle of the road.

The man filming says: ‘Oi, this man here tried to feel up little girl. Try to feel up little girls, talk to little girls?’ To which he replies: ‘You’re full of s***.’

The suspect is then seen being pursued by a man in a baseball cap who punches him in the face, knocking him into a passing car and onto the ground.

As two bystanders try to break the men apart, the suspect appears to spit at his assailant, who responds by throwing him to the pavement and repeatedly kicking him in the head.

A third clip shows a female police officer questioning the suspect while her male colleague asks the crowd: ‘So, he’s been flashing?’

Several voices reply ‘yes’ and somebody off-camera appears to make an allegation against the man.

The officer asks: ‘He tried to touch you? In what way?’

He then approaches the suspect and handcuffs him as the crowd begins to grow more hostile, hurling obscenities and threats.

One woman rages: ‘You f** paedophile.’

Suddenly, the man is struck in the face and the crowd goes into a frenzy. The male officer immediately arrests a woman, restrains her against the bonnet of a car and places her in cuffs.

The mob quickly surround him and demand her release but he stands his ground and orders them to get back.

Another man then lunges at the male suspect but the female officer shields him from the attack and ushers him behind a garden fence for cover.

Speaking directly to the camera, the arrested woman defends her actions, saying: ‘Paedo, you know. Look at the state of my babby. Look at the state of my daughter. Distraught.’

Both suspects are led away to a police car by the officers, closely followed by the crowd.

The male suspect is punched again by a man in a hoodie and the female officer is forced to pull out a can of pepper spray to defend herself.

The mob finally retreats as the sound of sirens announces the arrival of backup units.

A West Midlands Police spokeswoman said: ‘Police were called to reports of disorder on The Radleys, Sheldon, Birmingham at 6pm yesterday.

‘It is alleged an argument took place between a man and a group of teenagers. A man then allegedly exposed himself to the group. Members of the public intervened and police arrived at the scene.

‘A 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of indecent exposure and assaulting a police officer, after an officer was hit in the face during the arrest. He remains in custody.

‘A 36-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assault and has been released while investigations continue.

‘Anyone with information can contact us via Live Chat at west-midlands.police.uk between 8am and midnight, call 101 anytime or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. Quote crime reference number 20BE/96439J/19.’