1/1 A 37-year-old Leonard Stanley man who tried to kidnap a terrified 13-year-old girl in Chalford last summer has been jailed today for five and three quarter years. Robert Hall of Woodlands, Leonard Stanley, claimed he was being told by voices in his head to snatch the girl - but his explanation was rejected by a Gloucester Crown Court judge after he had heard evidence from Hall during a trial of issue to determine the extent of his guilt. The court heard that Hall pounced on the girl and put his hands over her mouth after she ran past him on the road which runs past Three Groves Wood, just outside Chalford.
1/1 A 37-year-old Leonard Stanley man who tried to kidnap a terrified 13-year-old girl in Chalford last summer has been jailed today for five and three quarter years. Robert Hall of Woodlands, Leonard Stanley, claimed he was being told by voices in his head to snatch the girl - but his explanation was rejected by a Gloucester Crown Court judge after he had heard evidence from Hall during a trial of issue to determine the extent of his guilt. The court heard that Hall pounced on the girl and put his hands over her mouth after she ran past him on the road which runs past Three Groves Wood, just outside Chalford.