VIDEO footage has been released by police of a man lying about kidnapping and sexual assaulting a toddler in Bracknell.

Robert Frid, 77, was jailed at Reading Crown Court yesterday (April 24), 36 years after Frid committed the crime in 1986.

The man, of no fixed abode, kidnapped a three-year-old girl who was playing outside with friends and drover off with her in his VW Camper Van.

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He then indecently assaulted her before asking her to leave the vehicle. The girl was left alone and later found by a member of public and taken home.

In the video, released by Thames Valley Police, Frid can be heard saying, ‘No comment’ to all over the officers questions.

Head of Thames Valley Police’s Major Crime Investigation Review Team, which investigates unsolved homicides and serious sexual offences, Peter Beirne said: “Advances in forensic science enabled our team to reinvestigate the case.

"Frid was linked to the crimes when his DNA was found on the victim’s underwear.

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"It is in excess of one billion times more likely that Frid had contributed to the DNA found on the victim’s underwear, than if he had not contributed to the DNA discovered."

Frid pleaded guilty to the kidnap and indecent assault of the girl and was jailed for ten years.