A Melbourne court releases footage of the moment a father and bystanders fought to save a two-year-old boy from a 'psychotic' would-be kidnapper outside a library in Melbourne's north.
CCTV footage has captured the moment a father and bystanders fought to save a two-year-old boy from a "psychotic" would-be kidnapper outside a library in Melbourne's north.The footage shows the attacker suddenly approaching his victims, who he did not know, and grabbing the boyThe 41-year-old attacker later told a doctor he recalled seeing a child he believed was his own
Rawson then grabbed the boy with both hands and pulled him away from his father, who yelled: "Don't take the child." Rawson, who did not know his victims, had been released on bail from nearby Preston Police Station minutes before the attack.Rawson was charged and pleaded guilty to attempted kidnapping, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in jail.
Prosecutors accepted the attempted kidnapping was "out of character" for Rawson and the combined effects of the drugs he was regularly taking may have affected his judgement.
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