Mum's joy as abducted toddler returned
- 11 years ago
Atiya Anjum-Wilkinson, a British toddler abducted three years ago by her father and taken to Pakistan.
She was found on Christmas Eve and flown back to the UK to be reunited with her mother on Friday.
Mum Gemma Wilkinson says the reunion with her now-6-year-old daughter was overwhelming.
(SOUNDBITE)(English) MOTHER OF ATIYA, GEMMA WILKINSON, SAYING:
"She walked into the room and she looked at me and I stood up to walk over to give her a cuddle and she looked at me and put her arms up and I just grabbed hold of her and gave her a massive cuddle."
Atiya's father, Razwan Ali Anjum, is serving a fourth consecutive jail term for failing to reveal his daughter's location.
She was found on Christmas Eve and flown back to the UK to be reunited with her mother on Friday.
Mum Gemma Wilkinson says the reunion with her now-6-year-old daughter was overwhelming.
(SOUNDBITE)(English) MOTHER OF ATIYA, GEMMA WILKINSON, SAYING:
"She walked into the room and she looked at me and I stood up to walk over to give her a cuddle and she looked at me and put her arms up and I just grabbed hold of her and gave her a massive cuddle."
Atiya's father, Razwan Ali Anjum, is serving a fourth consecutive jail term for failing to reveal his daughter's location.