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| Atiya Anjum-Wilkinson being returned from Pakistan | Atiya Anjum-Wilkinson being returned from Pakistan |
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| A six-year-old girl who was abducted by her father and taken to Pakistan three years ago is on her way back to the UK. | |
| Atiya Anjum-Wilkinson was last seen when she was taken from her home in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, on her third birthday in 2009. | Atiya Anjum-Wilkinson was last seen when she was taken from her home in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, on her third birthday in 2009. |
| Her father Razwan Ali Anjum is serving a prison sentence for refusing to reveal his daughter's whereabouts despite a court order. | Her father Razwan Ali Anjum is serving a prison sentence for refusing to reveal his daughter's whereabouts despite a court order. |
| Police said Atiya would return to the UK from Pakistan this afternoon. | Police said Atiya would return to the UK from Pakistan this afternoon. |
| It is not yet clear exactly when or where she was found. | |
| Her mother, Gemma Wilkinson, 32, of Ashton-under-Lyne, has made several appeals for information about her daughter's whereabouts. | Her mother, Gemma Wilkinson, 32, of Ashton-under-Lyne, has made several appeals for information about her daughter's whereabouts. |
| Four jail terms | |
| The latest was last month, when she said not knowing Atiya was even alive was an "absolute nightmare". | The latest was last month, when she said not knowing Atiya was even alive was an "absolute nightmare". |
| Courts have been told Anjum said he was taking Atiya to Southport, but instead took her to Lahore, Pakistan, and told Ms Wilkinson that she would never see her again. | |
| The former insurance salesman was handed a fourth consecutive jail term by a High Court judge in April after he refused to reveal where his daughter was. | |
| Mr Justice Moor imposed a 12-month prison sentence after he found him in contempt of a High Court order instructing him to disclose Atiya's whereabouts. | |
| Anjum indicated that Atiya was in Pakistan or Iran but said he did not know her exact whereabouts. | |
| The judge said: "I am certain that he is in contempt. It is absolutely absurd for him to suggest that he does not know the whereabouts of his daughter and he cannot contact her. | |
| "I am certain he is lying." | |
| Another judge has previously said the case was "as bad a case of child abduction as I have encountered". | |
| Speaking ahead of Atiya's sixth birthday, Ms Wilkinson said: "It's been an absolute nightmare. | |
| "As to her whereabouts we know nothing. We've had no contact. I'm worrying every day, every single day. Everything is affected by it. | |
| "When I close my eyes I see her." |