Disabled man abducted boy who refused to help

A DISABLED man abducted a young boy from the street outside his Birmingham home after he refused to help him with his shopping.

Kamlesh Chauhan sat on the victim and ‘jabbed’ him with a knife before the lad escaped.

On May 25 2021 Chauhan, who had limited mobility and walked with the aid of a stick, had gone out shopping.

He then returned to his flat in Bartley Green where the boy was playing outside on his bike.

When the defendant got to his door he asked the boy to help him with his bags but he refused, Birmingham Crown Court was told. Judge Tom Rochford said: “The defendant grabbed him by his wrist and forced him into his flat.

“He threw the boy on a bed and sat on him for about ten seconds. He jabbed him with a knife drawing some blood.”

The judge said the victim, who was not seriously injured, had bruising and marks on is body and at one point Chauhan placed his hand on his neck.

Judge Rochford continued: “The defendant moved away from the boy into the corner of his flat and the boy took the opportunity to escape and run from the flat. Chauhan threw his walking stick after him.”

He said the defendant was later challenged by the victim’s father who said: ‘I am sorry’, indicating he was aware of what he had done.

Judge Rochford accepted there was no sexual motive and believed what happened was because Chauhan was angry because of the boy’s refusal to help him.

Chauhan, 56, of Nailers Close, who had been charged with abduction and assault, had previously been found unfit to plead and following a trial a jury found he had committed the acts. Judge Rochford said it was “worrying and alarming behaviour” and went on: “Who knows what might have happened if he had not escaped.”

The court heard Chauhan was suffering from a psychosis caused by prolonged dependence on alcohol which had lead to brain damage.

The judge said there was a real risk of the defendant doing something similar again and made a hospital order under Section 37 of the Mental Health Act detaining him at the Reaside Clinic with special restrictions. Ilana Davis, defending, said Chauhan had limited previous convictions and had never received a custodial sentence.