A man from Bristol attempted to abduct a barmaid's baby boy in an incident described by the judge as "every parent's worst nightmare".
Daniele Spiga, 43, has been freed by a judge after admitting picking up the 18-month-old toddler at the Ridge pub in Cheltenham.
He was heading out of the door with the child when he was forcibly stopped by locals. Spiga, of Imperial Walk, was fined £1,500 and handed a suspended prison sentence at Gloucester Crown Court on Tuesday, August 25, reports the Bristol Post.
Judge Michael Cullum told him: "You are a man of good character and despite all the police searches there was nothing to suggest that you were planning to hurt the child or had any sexual or other interest in children. “I could not be certain
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