Westfield Eastgardens: Update after four-year-old girl was ‘taken by a stranger’ at a busy shopping centre

Police say a “resolution has been reached” after a four-year-old girl was taken from her mother at a busy Westfield shopping centre.

Officers said earlier on Monday An unknown woman approached the girl at a store in Westfield Eastgardens in Sydney at about 6.25pm, picked her up and carried her to a second store.

The girl’s mother took her daughter back after finding her in the second store, police said.

On Monday evening, police reported that officers had spoken to a 16-year-old girl about the incident.

Police are now confident that no criminal offence has been committed and that no further police action is required.