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| Missing girl found safe in France | Missing girl found safe in France |
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| Missing 15-year-old schoolgirl Laura Stainforth has been found safe and well in France, police have said. | |
| The teenager, from Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, was found with 49-year-old Robert Williams, in Lille. | |
| Mr Williams was arrested by French police officers after the pair attended the consulate in Lille. He has been taken into custody. | |
| Laura has been missing since last Wednesday after telling her parents she was going shopping. | |
| 'Numerous sightings' | |
| Officers from Humberside Police are currently en-route to France to bring Laura back to the UK. | Officers from Humberside Police are currently en-route to France to bring Laura back to the UK. |
| Det Ch Insp Sharon Fielding said: "It goes without saying I am delighted that Laura has been found in Lille and we are now working alongside French authorities and Laura's family to ensure she arrives back in the country as soon as possible and returns to her family. | |
| "There is still a lot of work to be done however and we are working to ensure the extradition of Williams. | |
| "I would like to thank all members of the public who assisted by reporting numerous sightings of Laura, one of which led us to locating Laura in Lille and would also like to thank the local, national and European media for their help in facilitating our appeals." |