The father of a nine-year-old girl allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted by an American pilot after she lost her parents outside Harrods in London feared she had been abducted, a court heard.

The father of a nine-year-old French girl who went missing outside Harrods began to consider she could have been abducted after being shown a photo of her walking away with a stranger, a court heard.

American pilot Robert Prussak, 57, approached the girl outside Harrods after she became separated from her family during a trip to London from France in April last year, Isleworth Crown Court heard. He is accused of kidnapping, drugging and sexually assaulting her, and denies all the charges against him.

The father of a nine-year-old French girl who went missing while they were visiting London believed she could have been abducted after he was shown a photo of her walking away with a stranger, a court heard.

A man kidnapped a nine-year-old girl from outside Harrods in central London before drugging and sexually assaulting her in what was “every parent’s worst nightmare”, a court has heard. Robert Prussak,

A court has heard how an American pilot kidnapped a nine-year-old girl outside Harrods before drugging her and repeatedly sexually assaulting her. Robert Prussak, 57, was captured on CCTV approaching the child after she was separated from her family as they entered the store in central London.

A nine-year-old girl was kidnapped from outside Harrods before being drugged and sexually assaulted by a man, in what was described as "every parent's worst nightmare", a court ha