Saturday December 19, 2020, 11:48 AM
Ismail Qurba, 25, and Annmarie Lawton, 29, both of Bristol, have been charged under the Child Abduction Act of 1984. Credit: PA
A man and a woman have been charged with a child abduction offence after an eight-year-old girl was kept away from home overnight.
Ismail Qurba, 25, and Annmarie Lawton, 29, both of Bristol, have been charged with detaining a child so as to keep her from a person having lawful control of her, which is an offence under the Child Abduction Act of 1984.
The pair will appear at Bristol Magistrates' Court virtual hearing on Saturday, Avon and Somerset Police said.