Man accused of naked attack in toy shop is 'mentally ill'

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Mr Kaluzny is alleged to have committed the offences at Toys R Us in Dundee

A man accused of running naked through a toy store, abducting a six-year-old boy and attacking the boy's grandmother has a mental illness which means he is unfit for trial, a court has heard.

Przemyslaw Kaluzny, 41, was diagnosed by two defence psychiatrists.

Mr Kaluzny faces a total of 13 charges including the alleged incidents in the Toys R Us store in Dundee.

The case at Dundee Sheriff Court was continued for a week.

The Crown will now obtain its own medical information.

Prosecutors claim Mr Kaluzny behaved in an abusive and threatening manner in the toy store on Easter Sunday.

It is alleged he stripped off before abducting the boy, and then assaulted the 67-year-old grandmother by striking her on the head with a cricket bat.

Earlier on the same day it is alleged he stole a mobile phone and a baseball bat from a neighbour's flat and exposed his genitals to the woman.

He is further accused of stealing a car key before driving off in a Renault Laguna car from outside the Watson Street property, and driving to the Kingsway Retail Park without a licence or insurance, still with the bat, an offensive weapon, with him.

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