Stranger ‘kissed three kids playing outside their home before kidnapping one’

The case, which was heard at Reading Crown Court, has been adjourned until March (Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire)

A stranger kidnapped a six-year-old girl who was playing outside her home, in what a judge called a ‘gravely concerning’ case.

Sajid Hussain, 51, came across three children – aged six, seven and 13 – playing outside their home in Slough, Berkshire, a judge said.

Recorder Louis Weston said: ‘He approached the children, hugged one of the children, kissed it, pushed it away...