Man, 56, appears in court charged with kidnap, spiking and sexual assault after girl, nine, was snatched outside Harrods
A 56-year-old man appeared in court today charged with kidnap, spiking and sexual assault after a nine-year-old girl was 'snatched' from outside Harrods while shopping with her parents.
Robert Prussak, of no fixed abode, was charged with a number of offences after the incident near the famous London department store on Monday.
He appeared in court charged with kidnap, two counts of sexual assault on a female under 13 years old, administering a substance with intention of stupefying or overpowering to enable sexual activity and committing an offence with the intent to commit a sexual offence.
Police said they were called to Brompton Road just at 2.44pm on Monday to reports of a missing child.
A man, 56, has today appeared in court charged with kidnap, spiking and sexual assault after a nine-year-old girl was 'snatched' from outside Harrods while shopping with her parents
An image of the child in the company of a man, taken from CCTV, was circulated to officers and the suspect was stopped three hours later in Old Court Place at 5.40pm.
Prussak was remanded in custody and appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court today.
He was further remanded to appear at Isleworth Crown Court on May 22.
The Met said the child and her family are being supported by specialist officers.
A spokesperson for Harrods said: 'We supported the Metropolitan police with an incident outside Harrods that has now thankfully been resolved.
'We cannot comment any further on the details as it is a police matter, but are thankful the Met Police’s swift actions led to this safe resolution.'
