A NEWPORT man has been found not guilty of attempting to kidnap a child by a jury.

A jury at Newport Crown Court found Sudan-born Abakar Othman, 27, of London Street not guilty of attempted kidnap relating to an incident on Saturday, August 13.

Othman was accused of "grabbing" a two-year-old boy whose mother had just got out of a taxi.

Othman had said that he was heavily intoxicated at the time of the incident and could not even remember it happening.

He told police that he was under the influence of painkillers and alcohol at the time.