A 15-year-old girl had a lucky escape when a man tried to snatch her from a telephone box in Rugby.

The girl was just finishing a call on the corner of Murray Road and Craven Road, by the cattle market and truck park, when he tried to get her into his car.

A police spokeswoman said:

“A man in a car drew up and offered to drive her home. He then tried to drag her out of the phone box.

“She managed to break free, and kick him and run away.”

The man who tried to abduct her was described as: white, about 6ft to 6ft 2in, with a dark brown beard, with grey streaks, and grey hair.

He was stocky and had a large silver earring. He was in an old rusty pale blue Sierra that had a red stripe around the middle – but it was missing on one panel. 

He was wearing a dirty t-shirt that was ripped, and a baseball cap.