German cops forced parents to take down warnings that a convicted paedophile was hanging around outside schools shortly before he snatched a ten-year-old girl and abused her before going on a terrifying high-speed car chase to outrun police.

Pervert Arthur Krahl, 61, had bundled the youngster into his Audi A4 just metres from her school gates in Neustadt, Rhineland-Palatinate State, Germany.

Passers by called police who tracked down Krahl, who has five convictions for child abuse, parked in a remote country road on 11th September.

But when they moved in to arrest him he set off on a high speed chase down the A65 motorway with the already abused child on the back seat.

Parents had earlier warned of his predatory behaviour on social media but were astonishingly ordered to take down the posts and stop “spreading rumours”.

Police say Krahl caused three different road crashes as he desperately tried to avoid being caught.

They finally stopped and arrested him when he turned off the autobahn and then freed his sobbing victim.

Krahl had previously been jailed for sexually abusing five children and possessing child porn.

Local media revealed that neighbours had warned police and parents of his predatory behaviour many times after his release from prison.

Several parents shared pictures of him on social media after he was seen lurking around schools, kindergartens and playgrounds.

But police and local state officials ordered them to remove the images and stop “spreading rumours”.

One local, bus driver Sven Goedel, 44, said: “This criminal pulled a 16-year-old into the car in Lambrecht a few weeks ago and still remained free.

“I can not comprehend that. This is a judicial scandal and we are all afraid of this man here.”

An ex-neighbour of Krahl’s said: “We always warned everyone about him, but the police kept letting him go.

“Even when he once told the judge at a hearing that his next victim could no longer identify him. He openly threatened murder!”

A local added: “We always kept an eye on this guy to protect our children. Because no matter what he did, he always came out. We felt defenseless against him.”

Local mayor Ludwig Lintz, thanked the sharp-eyed parents after Krahl was caught.

He said: “The city of Edenkoben thinks what happened is very bad.

“The state must do everything in its power to prevent this from happening in the future. Legal regulations that restrict preventative measures should be reviewed.

“The protection of the child is a top priority.

“Fortunately, there are courageous people who pay attention to their surroundings and thus prevented something worse from happening.”