A shaken dad had to fight off a hooded stranger who approached him in the street and tried to grab the pram with his six-month old son inside.
Kyle Howard was walking back from a visit his mum's house with baby Theo when he spotted a man in dark clothing walking in their direction.
The ex-soldier, from Allerton, instantly became wary of the man and kept an eye on him as he moved closer on Mill Lane, Old Swan, between the junctions with Montague Road and St Oswalds Street near the Big Yellow Storage centre.
