The Bill star Billy Murray who played Don Beech in the hit TV show claims a European gang ‘tried to kidnap his grandchildren’ off the street in Essex
- Billy Murray said men approached his daughter and tried to kidnap her children
Star of hit TV police drama The Bill, Billy Murray, has warned parents after he claimed that an eastern European gang tried to ‘kidnap’ his grandchildren from the street.
In a video which has been widely shared on social media, the actor told his fans while his daughter was out on a walk in an Essex village near Basildon with her children and partner, a black Audi A6 blocked way she was walking.
Mr Murray, who played corrupt cop Don Beech on The Bill, claimed that the driver of the car, who sounded eastern European, then got out and started talking to her.
He claimed that the other three people in the car got out and started to approach his grandchildren. But his daughter’s partner Mick then shouted at the children to run.
The men then jumped back in the car and they sped off, Mr Murray told viewers in his account. He said that police have been informed but claimed police said they were unable to do anything about it as they ‘did not touch’ the children.
Star of hit TV police drama The Bill, Bill Murray (pictured), has warned parents after he claimed that an eastern European gang tried to ‘kidnap’ his grandchildren from the street
Mr Murray told his followers: ‘My daughter and my two grandchildren and her partner were out yesterday in a little tiny village just round the corner from our little farm.
‘And they were just walking along and picking some wildflowers or whatever and she got kind of separated because a telephone call came for her partner and she just took it and he just stood there for a minute talking.
‘A black Audi pulled up in front of her blocking the way she was walking. The driver got out and she could see through the screen that there was a passenger and three other guys sat in the back.
‘And he walked up to her and he was very familiar with her or whatever, chatting to her. He was eastern European. It was a black four-door Audi A6.
‘They kept looking at the children and she had this terrible fear, all of a sudden, come over her and she panicked and she called out to Mick.
‘He looked over and saw exactly what was happening because the guys in the back and the passenger were getting out of the car to approach the children.’
Mr Murray (pictured) told his fans while his daughter was out on a walk in an Essex village near Basildon with her children and partner, a black Audi A6 blocked way she was walking
Billy Murray played Don Beech on police drama The Bill
Mr Murray added: ‘They were going to kidnap my grandchildren, that’s they assumed anyway. And as soon as Mick, her partner, saw it he yelled and screamed at them to run and he ran over.
‘And as he ran over, because he was across the other side of the road, they all jumped in their car and squealed off – tyres burning, everything.
‘Beware, they’re out there. There’s five guys in an Audi A6.
‘Didn’t get the number but it’s been reported to the police. They said they can’t do anything because they never actually touched the children. But be warned, they out there.
‘It’s happening in Basildon and Greys. People are reporting it on Facebook all the time. Please could you pass this on, I would appreciate it very much.’
MailOnline has contacted Essex Police for comment.
