A Leighton man has been charged over the abduction of a nine-year-old girl in the Meadow Way area of Leighton Buzzard.
Derek Cyril Cheeseman, 75, of Waterloo Road, has been charged by Bedfordshire Police with one count of kidnap and one count of impersonating a police constable.
The young girl returned safely to her home in Leighton Buzzard on Sunday evening.
Cheeseman will appear before Luton Magistrates Court from 10am today (Tuesday November 20).