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Charges over abduction of baby Sophie Anderson

Sophie Anderson - Found in caravan park in Scotland yesterday
Sophie Anderson - Found in caravan park in Scotland yesterday

A 30-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man were due in court in Armagh today charged with child abduction.

The two are charged over the abduction of a 17-month-old baby girl in the Banbridge area on Monday.

Sophie Anderson was found in a caravan park in Dumfries in Scotland yesterday.

She had been in the care of foster parents in Banbridge for more than a year.

It is understood that she was on an unsupervised visit with her birth mother at the time of her disappearance.