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Custody battle girl goes to court | Custody battle girl goes to court |
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A 12-year-old girl at the centre of a custody battle has told a court she wants to remain in Pakistan with her father. | |
Molly Campbell, also known as Misbah Iram Ahmed Rana, went missing from her mother's home in the Hebridean island of Lewis last week. | |
In court in Lahore, she signed a statement saying she arrived in Pakistan under her own free will. | |
The judge granted Molly's father temporary custody until Wednesday. | |
The statement, presented to the court by the family's lawyer Mohammed Basit, said: "I was not kidnapped. I have arrived in Pakistan to live with my father." | |
The judge, Amir Javed Rana, awarded Molly's father custody until Wednesday, when a hearing will be held to decide guardianship and give time for her Scottish mother to attend. | |
Media conference | Media conference |
Police investigating the circumstances surrounding her move to Pakistan said they have sent a report to prosecutors. | Police investigating the circumstances surrounding her move to Pakistan said they have sent a report to prosecutors. |
Northern Constabulary said it had carried out its investigation and a report has been sent to the procurator fiscal at Stornoway. | Northern Constabulary said it had carried out its investigation and a report has been sent to the procurator fiscal at Stornoway. |
Molly had been picked up by her 18-year-old sister, Tahmina, and the pair flew to Glasgow from Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis. They then flew to Lahore with their father. | |
Speaking at a media conference in Lahore on Friday, Molly said she had asked Tahmina to take her to Pakistan. | Speaking at a media conference in Lahore on Friday, Molly said she had asked Tahmina to take her to Pakistan. |
She said: "It was my own choice. I asked my sister if I could go. I went with my sister. I would like to stay in Pakistan with my father and my name isn't Molly, it is Misbah." | She said: "It was my own choice. I asked my sister if I could go. I went with my sister. I would like to stay in Pakistan with my father and my name isn't Molly, it is Misbah." |
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