A US judge turned down a new trial request by a German-born man who called himself Clark Rockefeller.

Lawyers for a German who calls himself Clark Rockefeller said they would appeal against his kidnapping conviction, calling it "the first chapter" in the case.

A German con-man who posed as a member of the wealthy US Rockefeller dynasty was found guilty of kidnapping his own daughter from her London-based mother today.

Jurors in the kidnap trial of the German who calls himself Clark Rockefeller ended a third day of deliberations yesterday after asking the judge’s advice regarding an insanity defence.

US jurors in the kidnapping trial of the German who calls himself Clark Rockefeller face a third day of deliberations today.