A FATHER has told of the horrifying moment he found a stranger holding his two-year-old daughter in his home in the middle of the night.

After waking up to the sound of the tot’s tears, he left his bedroom to check on her.

3 Oren Aharon Cohen ... 34-year-old insists he was 'black out drunk' when he entered the unnamed family's flat and played with what he thought was a 'midget', but was actually a two-year-old girl Credit: Maricopa County Sheriff's office

When he passed through the living room, he was confronted by a dishevelled stranger, who had the distressed toddler on his lap.

The man told the terrified dad, “I’m your friend,” before tossing the bawling tot onto the sofa.

According to police reports of the incident, the father launched himself at the intruder, and a 10-minute struggle ensued as he attempted to get his daughter free.

As the child’s mother called emergency services, the hero dad tried to keep the man, named as Oren Aharon Cohen, 34, from leaving the family flat.

3 Speaking at Maricopa County Court on Friday, Cohen said he would 'never do anything even close' to touching children inappropriately Credit: google

When cops arrived at the apartment in Tempe, Arizona, they tasered Cohen after he failed to follow orders.

He was then arrested on charges of second-degree burglary, aggravated assault and kidnapping.

Upon investigating the family’s apartment for clues, cops said they found Cohen’s shoes in the two-year-old’s bedroom.

His coat was wedged between her mattress and the wall, and his passport was on the floor near the foot of her bed.

Cops said Cohen had also used the bathroom while in the apartment, and drank some of the family’s orange juice.

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During questioning, Cohen told police he had been drinking with a friend who lived in the same block of flats prior to the disturbance, and remembered little of the evening as a result.

A police report of the incident stated: “Oren advised with 100 percent certainty that he did not perform or engage in any sexual acts with the victim of this incident.

“Once it was relayed to Oren that the victim in his incident was a 2-year-old female, he became very upset and broke down crying.

3 The 34-year-old is currently in custody at Maricopa County jail awaiting his next court date, with bail set at £200,000 Credit: Getty Images

“Oren said he would never hurt a child and does not remember the details of this incident because he was ‘black out drunk.’”

Cohen said he could remember seeing and playing with a “midget” in a dark room, and his descriptions of the “midget” matched that of the tot, police revealed.

The 34-year-old is currently in custody at Maricopa County jail, with bail set at $250,000 (£200,000).

Speaking at Maricopa County Court on Friday, Cohen begged to explain what had happened.

He said: “I didn’t do anything so that’s why I want to say something.

I went to the wrong door and that’s why you guys charge me [with] burglary for going to the wrong apartment? Oren Aharon Cohen

“I went to visit a friend. Her name is Carolina. She lives in this complex. We were drinking a lot over there in her house.

“We went outside — I went outside [to] smoke a cigarette. I guess I got blacked out.

"I went to the wrong door and that’s why you guys charge me [with] burglary for going to the wrong apartment?”

Cohen insisted he did not touch the tot inappropriately, and revealed his father is a sex offender: “I would never do anything even close to that.”

The 34-year-old is set to return to court for a preliminary hearing on December 27.

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