SNS GroupA shop assistant abducted a 13-year-old customer and took his photograph.
Munir Ahmad, 46, held the terrified boy at Glasgow’s Corkerhill General Store on January 6, 2023.
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that there was a history between Ahmad and the boy.
The boy and a friend had attended the shop earlier that day and left.
However, the teenager returned shortly after and shouted before he left.
Prosecutor Hazel Kerr said: “For an unknown reason, Ahmad forcibly grabbed hold of the boy and took him to the back room of the store.
“He did not leave and prevented the boy from leaving.
“The boy was frightened as Ahmad was larger in frame and did not know what was going to happen.”
Ahmad went on to take a picture of the boy and closed the door.
Miss Kerr added: “Ahmad waited for a few more seconds before allowing the boy to exit the store.”
The boy initially did not tell his parents until relatives later informed them that something had happened.
Police were contacted, and CCTV was viewed, which corroborated the boy’s version of events.
Ahmad, of the city’s Cardonald, was later traced and arrested for the matter.
He pled guilty to abducting the boy and detaining him against his will.
Sentence was deferred pending background reports until next month by Sheriff Louise Arrol KC who granted Ahmad bail.
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