A former US Air Force pilot has been cleared of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl.
Robert Prussak, 57, approached the girl after she became separated from her family during a trip to London from France in April this year.The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was standing outside Harrods department store, a trial at Isleworth Crown Court heard. Mr Prussak then walked with her to his flat and was accused of giving her bitter-tasting water allegedly containing the antihistamine Benadryl, which left her tired, the court was told.
Read more: Former Tory MP carried out 'brazen and drunken' sexual misconduct in parliament bar, panel findsRead more: Paedophile who made £5k from creating AI child abuse images using real pictures jailed for 18 years Prussak was arrested on the same day after being spotted walking with the girl past the Israeli embassy by a Metropolitan Police officer who had been informed she was missing.
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