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| Oldbury man Michael Jackson jailed for child kidnaps | Oldbury man Michael Jackson jailed for child kidnaps |
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| A West Midlands man has been jailed indefinitely for public protection after admitting kidnapping a boy and a girl, aged 10 and 11. | A West Midlands man has been jailed indefinitely for public protection after admitting kidnapping a boy and a girl, aged 10 and 11. |
| Michael Jackson, who abducted, tied up and sexually assaulted the boy, was arrested last November after the child was found at his flat in Oldbury. | Michael Jackson, who abducted, tied up and sexually assaulted the boy, was arrested last November after the child was found at his flat in Oldbury. |
| Wolverhampton Crown Court heard Jackson, 50, abducted the girl in the West Midlands in September 2011. | Wolverhampton Crown Court heard Jackson, 50, abducted the girl in the West Midlands in September 2011. |
| Judge Martin Walsh said the case was "every parent's nightmare". | |
| Jackson, from Bristnall Hall Road, pleaded guilty in May to abducting the girl. He admitted charges including sexual assault, false imprisonment and kidnap relating to the boy's disappearance. | |
| Local people and police launched a search for the boy after he disappeared while walking in the street. | |
| His hands were bound but he managed to move towards a window in the flat, where he was spotted by a woman searching for him. | |
| The two children were now struggling to sleep and socialise, the court heard. | |
| Det Ch Insp Gary Booth, from West Midlands Police, said the case had been "totally shocking" and "horrific". | |
| Jackson, who was originally called Albert English, was convicted of two indecent assaults in the early 1980s and jailed for 30 months. |