A young boy was found wandering the streets alone wearing just his pyjamas during the coronavirus lockdown this morning. The lad, believed to be eight or nine, was spotted by shocked onlookers in Aintree, Liverpool wearing Harry Potter pyjamas and slippers and carrying a backpack at about 7:45am.
Liverpool Echo reports concerned police asked employees at Aintree train station to keep an eye out for the boy, who was out on the streets alone for 40 minutes before being found.
One Twitter user said an eight-year-old boy "in Harry Potter PJs and slippers carrying a backpack" had been missing since 7am.
A Merseyside Police spokesman said: "We were called at 7.45am over the concern for safety of a child seen wandering around the Ormskirk
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