CCTV Footage: Drug-crazed man snatches two-year-old from father's arms
Footage shows a man snatching a two-year-old boy from his father in a horrifying abduction attempt - watch the video below.
CCTV shows how a father was approached by a man, seemingly under the influence of drugs, who then proceeded to snatch his two-year-old son from his arms.
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The now-viral video shows the man walking quickly towards the father, who was walking his dog with his child. The father can be seen helping his son down from a seat outside Preston Library in Melbourne.
The man can then be seen grabbing the boy and trying to rip him from his father’s arms. The father wrestled his son back but was dragged into nearby bushes. Passers-by came to help and fortunately, they manage to wrestle the boy back off the man.
WARNING: Some readers may find this video upsetting.
According to News.com.au, the man pleaded guilty to attempted kidnapping, assault, causing reckless injury, resisting arrest, and assaulting an emergency officer.
This comes after he tried to escape Austin Hospital . "He grabbed a medical worker’s wrist and squeezed and twisted it until he was restrained and strapped to the bed.