A woman who went missing with her two kids days ago has been traced and further arrests made in relation to their disappearance.
Jamie-Leigh Kelly, 31, fled a Family Assessment Centre in Colindale on Tuesday (September 19) with her three-year-old daughter and newborn baby.
She had reportedly left at 7.40pm against the wishes of staff.
A spokesperson for Met Police has said that the two kids have since been found at an address in Harwich in Essex on Sunday (September 24). They have been taken into police protection and to a hospital as a precaution.
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A 31-year-old woman, who attended an east London police station, was arrested on Sunday and taken to a hospital as a precaution too.
Jamie-Leigh Kelly and the kids, the spokesperson confirmed, are no longer missing. The appeal for information about their whereabouts has ended.
A 63-year-old woman was also arrested at an address in Essex on Sunday (September 24) on suspicion of child abduction, assisting an offender and perverting the course of justice. She is held in custody at an east London police station.
Ashley Hawkins, 52 of Alex Guy Gardens in Dagenham and Jordan Hardy, 30, of Connor Road in Dagenham were previously arrested in connection with the case.
They have now been charged with two counts of child abduction and are due to appear at Southend Magistrates’ Court on Monday (September 25).
Det Supt Lewis Basford, who leads the Met’s Public Protection command in East Area, had earlier said that he was “extremely concerned” about the welfare of Jamie-Leigh and her children, one of whom is less than one month old.
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