A WORCESTER dad is hoping an invention he has brought over from America will fight the crime of child abductions and also help in the search for Madeleine McCann.

Scott Jenkins, who lives in Bilford Road, is behind bringing the kiddetag to Britain and has decided that a portion of the profits will go to the fund to help trace Madeleine, who went missing from the Algarve two months ago.

Mr Jenkins said the responsibility and fear of having a small child himself, coupled with the horror of the Soham murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman prompted him to find a way of keeping children safer.

The 33-year-old, who has a three-year-old son called Reiss, said: "Since my little boy arrived it makes me feel so vulnerable and I can't imagine what the McCann's are going through now. It really is every parent's worst nightmare.

This won't replace proper supervision but it helps."

The kiddetag consists of a base unit, a handheld device that allows parents to monitor youngsters' wherabouts up to 350 feet away. Because it uses point to point wireless communication it doesn't rely on mobile phone masts or satellites to do the tracking. A wrist tag is locked onto children's wrists and the parent can set a variable zone. It changes transmission frequency every few seconds reducing the chances that a third party can scan or monitor the child's tag. The underside of it also has sensors which detect the skin.

If the sensors notice an excessive gap between the tag and the child's skin it sends out a tamper alarm to the parent.

Mr Jenkins said he has been in extensive talks with a well-known high street shop.

He said: "The kiddetag will be in the shops in September, but until everything is finalised that is all I can say."