A MAN was being questioned by police over an attempted abduction of a three-year-old boy from an Oxford park.

The man, who is thought to be in his early 30s, was arrested on suspicion of attempted abduction following an incident in St Barnabas Park, St Barnabas Road, Jericho, on Tuesday.

At 2.30pm, a man took a three-year-old boy, from Oxford, and put him on the swings in the park and started pushing him on the swings, a police spokesman said.

The boy's father intervened and the man was told to leave, which he did.

A man was arrested sometime later, the spokesman added.