Mr Franklin added: "The boy said 'no' and walked faster to the bus stop and Mr Waise pursued. The boy thought Mr Waise was going to grab him.

"Mr Waise asked 'what school do you go to?' But the boy lied and said he went to secondary school because he didn't want him knowing what school he went to.

"He then noticed Mr Waise had given up trying to follow him."

Later on Waise went on to kidnap a schoolgirl.

Mr Franklin said: "The defendant approached the 11-year-old girl and started addressing her.

"At first she thought he was a friendly stranger. He said he saw her mother drop her off and that her mother had texted him asking him to give her breakfast.

"He put his arm around her and said he was a police officer and she should come to his house for breakfast and to look at some photos about an incident in connection with a young girl and that her mother would be present.

"The girl knew a real police officer wouldn't ask that and she pretended a group across the road were her friends.

"As she started to walk away he grabbed her bag and coat and said he wasn't going to hurt her. She managed to run away and lose herself in the crowd.