A Line of Duty star's 11-year-old son was almost abducted while walking home, his mother has said. The police have launched an appeal after Sherise Blackman, who played Ruby Jones in the BBC One police drama, said her son was almost abducted in south-east London on Friday.
Ms Blackman said her boy was "really shaken up, really scared" once she got home, but when she called the police they "fobbed it off".
In a statement, the police said their initial response to the incident was "not sufficient". The boy was walking home from school in Beckenham when two men on foot, and another in a car, attempted to abduct him, Ms Blackman said.
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