Judge queries irate father's kidnap charge

Kevin Moore, 44, from Saltburn, in Cleveland, admitted a charge of common assault at Teesside Crown Court on Tuesday and given an 18-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay 250 compensation.

But Judge Peter Bowers said he would not order costs as "this was not what anyone would really call a kidnapping".

Moore was charged with kidnap after he took the teenager to apologise to a group of children – including his two sons – for being abusive and aggressive in July.

He chased the 13-year-old and put him in his car before driving him the short distance to a

church hall where the younger children were attending a dance class.

An adult called the police because they suspected the child was being abducted.