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Post by Admin on May 26, 2018 18:25:54 GMT
 COPS are desperately hunting for a missing 13-year-old girl who disappeared on her way to school and is understood to have left the country. Serena Alexander-Benson has been missing since Friday morning and is known to have boarded a Eurotunnel train "probably in the company of an older person", according to police.  Officers are concerned for her welfare and are appealing for anyone with information on her or who may have seen her travelling through Folkestone to contact them. She was wearing a green blazer and school uniform with her dark brown hair tied up when she went missing on Friday morning. |
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Post by Admin on May 28, 2018 18:18:44 GMT
A 13-year-old girl who left the UK on a Eurotunnel train may have travelled to Poland with her mother's friend, police said. Serena Alexander-Benson was last seen by her father leaving her home in Wimbledon at about 07:50 BST on Friday. She was wearing her green school uniform and told him she was going to school, but did not arrive.  The girl travelled with a female friend of her mother's - a Polish national living in London - police said. Scotland Yard said that although Serena lives with her father in London, her mother lives in Poland. Details of the route Serena and the woman took via Eurotunnel at Folkestone, Kent, are not being released by police.  The force also stated that details of Serena, her mother and the woman who Serena is believed to have travelled with have been provided to the Polish authorities. Enquiries are ongoing to establish their whereabouts and secure the girl's safety. She was dressed in her predominantly green school uniform and has not been missing before. Anyone who may know Serena's whereabouts or who may have seen her as she travelled through Folkestone should call officers at Wandsworth CID on 020 3276 2588 who are investigating. |
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Post by Admin on May 29, 2018 18:19:52 GMT
 Police officers say the schoolgirl left the country on a Eurotunnel train from Folkestone and have asked for anyone who may have seen her to come forward. There are concerns for her welfare. A Met Police statement said: "Police enquiries have established that Serena left the UK at Folkestone on the morning of May 25 on a Eurotunnel train.  "She was travelling in a car with a female friend of her mother's who is a Polish national who lives in London. "Detectives are not releasing further details at this stage of the route Serena and the woman have taken, nor of how it has been established that they are in Poland, where Serena's mother lives. "At this stage, the priority of officers is to confirm Serena's exact whereabouts and confirm that she is safe. "Any potential offences will be considered in due course." |
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Post by Admin on May 30, 2018 18:49:34 GMT
A 13-year-old girl who was the subject of a missing person alert is with her mother in Poland, Polish authorities have told police. Serena Alexander-Benson was last seen by her father leaving their home address in Wimbledon just before 8am on 25 May. She had told her father she was going to school and the alarm was raised after she failed to arrive. Police investigations found out she left the UK via the Eurotunnel in Folkstone with an older woman the same day. It later emerged she was travelling in a car with a female friend of her mother. |
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Post by Admin on Jun 3, 2018 18:27:49 GMT
Serena Alexander-Benson was last seen by her father leaving her home in Wimbledon at about 07:50 BST on Friday.
She left the UK on a Eurotunnel train then travelled by car to Poland with a Polish friend of her mother, police said.
Officers are establishing whether any offences have been committed. A European Arrest Warrant was not issued.
The Met Police said officers had now been told by the National Crime Agency that the Polish authorities have confirmed Serena is with her mother in Poland.
When leaving her home on 25 May, Serena had told her father she was going to school, but she did not arrive.
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