iluvben
30-08-2006, 04:45 PM
actually had a major crime o_O
we never have any lol.
did you seeeee it on the news?
dunno if it was as big a story in england.
was on the front page of all our papers!!!
GIRL OF 12 KIDNAPPED TO WED MAN, 25
EXCLUSIVE: Gran tells of Molly's abduction
By Karen Bale And Cara Page
A 12-YEAR-OLD Scots girl has been kidnapped and taken to Pakistan - for a forced marriage to a man aged 25.
Molly Campbell was snatched from her school on the isle of Lewis on Friday and flown 4500 miles to her dad Sajad Rana's homeland.
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APART: Molly and mum Louise
Last night the youngster's distraught granny said she believes he will now make Molly become a child bride.
Violet Robertson, 67, said: "It's just terrible. Molly is only a little girl. It's an arranged marriage. She doesn't know the man. He's 25.
"Molly doesn't want to go to Pakistan. She wants to stay with her mum."
Violet claimed that Sajad had tried before to abduct Molly, whose given name is Misbah Iram Ahmed Rana.
She said: "He turned up outside her school a few months ago and tried to snatch her but she managed to get away.
"Molly's mum has been running from Sajad for a long time now. Sajad is a pig, and that's the nicest thing I can say about him.
"He won't hand Molly back - never. I'm scared that's her gone for good."
Molly has been living on Lewis with her mum Louise, 38.
She was taken from her school, the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway, by her 18-year-old sister Tahmina.
Tahmina and Molly took a taxi to the airport and flew to Glasgow. They were met there by Sajad, who had been on Lewis the day before.
Sajad and the two girls caught a plane to Dubai, then travelled on to the Pakistani city of Lahore.
Molly is now thought to be in Lahore, where Sajad lives, or in Karachi, where he has relatives. Police in Scotland are trying to trace her.
Molly and Louise left their home in Glasgow 18 months ago. Relatives say they moved to get away from Sajad.
They set up home in Drummore, near Stranraer. But Sajad tracked them down again and they fled to Lewis.
Louise, Molly's legal guardian, was so desperate to stay hidden that she cut off all contact with her mum Violet and her three sisters.
Widow Violet said: "I haven't seen or spoken to my daughter since then. It really upsets me.
"But Louise was terrified because she found out Sajad had hired a private investigator to try and track her down."
After Sajad's previous bid to snatch Molly, Louise moved her to another school on Lewis.
Violet said: "She enrolled her under a fake name because Sajad would recognise her as his daughter if she called her Molly.
"Louise had to give her daughter a new name to protect her from her dad."
According to police, Sajad visited Lewis last Thursday but left for Glasgow hours later.
The next day, Molly vanished from school. She was last seen in the grounds of the Nicolson Institute at 10.50am.
She would normally have been in a class at that time. It is not known how she managed to leave the school without being missed.
Molly was reported missing at around 4.30pm - 90 minutes after she boarded the plane to Pakistan.
Northern Constabulary are working with Western Isles Council, Interpol, and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service to find the schoolgirl.
Chief Inspector Murdo Fraser, area police commander for the Western Isles, said: "We will be doing all we can over the coming days to ensure Molly is reunited with her mother as soon as possible.
"It is important to underline that this is an isolated family incident."
Mr Fraser appealed for members of the public who may have seen Molly, her sister or her father in the Stornoway area to come forward.
Police particularly want to speak to taxi drivers who may have taken any of the trio to the airport, and to air passengers who travelled on the same flights. Sajad and the girls left Glasgow at 2.55pm on Friday on Emirates flight number EK026.
Molly is described as 5ft 4in tall and of medium build.
Anyone who knows anything about her disappearance is asked to contact police on 01851 702222 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Louise and her partner, Kenny Campbell, are expected to make a public appeal for information today.
Pakistan has never signed up to the Hague Convention, an agreement which seeks to return abducted kids to their home countries.
But leading judges in Scotland and England have signed an agreement with the Pakistani authorities to handle such cases.
John Fotheringham, a family law expert from Edinburgh firm Fyfe Ireland, said last night: "The agreement was formed three years ago but I have never come across a case where it has been used in Scotland.
"It was designed to address situations exactly like this one. Now we have to wait and find out whether it works."
Molly is the youngest of the four children Louise had with Sajad.
The couple met at a market stall Sajad was running in Glasgow. Louise was just 16 and he was 23.
Violet said: "Sajad seemed a very nice man and was always very polite whenever I met him. He never caused me any problems and was accepted into the family straight away."
Sajad and Louise wed in a Muslim ceremony in May 1984. Louise adopted the name Shaza Ahmed Rana.
The following year, Louise had a son, Omar, now 20. She and Sajad then had a civil wedding at Glasgow's register office.
Louise and Sajad went on to have three more children, Tahmina, Adam and Molly.
Violet said: "When the marriage fell apart, there was no decision made as to who was to have custody of the children.
"The kids all stayed with their dad at first.
"But it was very unsettling for them because Sajad kept moving them around Scotland and to London because of his market stalls. He also owns a lot of property around the country.
"It all got out of hand. Eventually, Sajad decided he was going to take all the children away to Pakistan with him.
"Louise was devastated. She missed her kids so much."
Violet said all the children later decided to return to their mum in Scotland. She added: "For a while everything was good and Louise was really happy. But it soon became clear that Sajad wouldn't rest until he had his family back in Pakistan with him.
"Last year, Adam and Tahmina decided they wanted to go back to Pakistan to live, and Omar decided to get married and went off to live in London.
"But Sajad was furious that Molly was still in Scotland with Louise. He decided he wanted her back with him.
"My whole family has drifted apart because of this. I don't see any of my grandkids, who I love very much, and I don't see Louise.
"Sajad has taken away my grandkids and the whole family has lived in fear because of him."
Dad said Molly was off to London..not to wed man of 25
By Janice Burns
THE best pal of kidnapped Molly Campbell said the 12-year-old lived in fear of being snatched by her father.
Schoolgirl Louise Beaton claimed her friend must have been duped into travelling to Pakistan because she would never have gone willingly.
Louise said: "I was horrified when she told me her dad wanted to take her to Pakistan and force her to marry a 25-year-old man.
"That's just horrible and Molly was really scared. A couple of the other girls have heard Molly crying in the school toilets.
"I think she was scared of her dad and what he would do if she didn't go.
"A few weeks ago, she told me and another couple of girls that if we heard her scream in the playground that meant her dad had come for her and to go and get help."
The Record revealed yesterday how Molly had been taken from her school on the Isle of Lewis on Friday by her older sister Tahmina, 18.
They took a taxi to the airport and flew to Glasgow, where they were met by dad Sajad Ahmed Rana, 46.
Molly, whose real name is Misbah Iram Ahmed Rana, called both the take he police and her mum and claimed she was safe and well - but refused to say where she was.
According to Molly's family in Scotland, plans have been made to marry her off to a 25-year-old.
She is now thought to be in Lahore or Karachi, in Pakistan.
Her distraught mum Louise - her legal guardian - yesterday made a desperate plea for her safe return.
Yesterday, pal Louise, 12, insisted Molly had been duped by her dad into thinking she was only going to London.
Louise said: "I cannot understand why Molly would go with her dad willingly. She must have been conned.
"Molly was very happy that she had a new little sister and she talked about her all the time. She also really loved her mum."
Louise said Molly had met her sister and dad on Lewis on Thursday.
She went on: "Molly told me she was moving to London. I was really shocked.
"She said they were going to live in London with her sister and maybe at some point, down the line, they would one day visit Pakistan.
"She was very sad and had been told not to tell her mum."
Louise was distraught when she recalled the last time she saw Molly at morning break on Friday
She said: "Molly looked like she had been crying. We gave each other a big hug and Molly promised to call and write.
"When I came home from school on Friday, I told my mum that Molly had got the flight out of Stornoway.
"I feel really bad about it now because maybe if I had told someone earlier she might still be here."
Last night, Louise's mum Catherine said: "My daughter said Molly was really upset about the whole idea of an arranged marriage.
"She told her father she didn't want anything to do with it but he made up a pack of lies to lure her away. My daughter has been interviewed by the CID and she is trying to help in any way she can."
Earlier yesterday, Molly's mum Louise, 38, shook with grief at a press conference and was comforted by her partner Kenny Campbell, 38.
Louise - who gave birth to another daughter Rachel a few weeks ago - choked back tears as she said: "I would like to say to Molly that we miss her so much and we beg her to come home to us.
"She has to know she is not in any trouble and we are not angry, we just want her home.
"We would appeal to Molly's father, sister and family to make sure she returns to us as her absence has left a huge gap in our lives."
Chief Inspector Murdo Fraser said he was convinced Molly was in Pakistan and he was concerned for her safety.
Mum Louise adopted the Muslim name Shaza Ahmed Rana when she married Sajad in May 1984. The couple had four children - Omar, Tahmina, Adam and Molly-before they split.
At first the kids stayed with their father and moved to Pakistan before returning to Scotland to be with their mother.
Adam and Tahmina finally decided to go back to Pakistan. Omar got married and went to live in London.
Molly remained in Scotland with Louise, who is divorcing Sajad.
She left Glasgow eight months ago for Drummore, near Stranraer, to hide from Sajad. He tracked them down, forcing her to flee to Stornoway.
More than 100 British nationals of Pakistani descent - 20 per cent of them males as young as 14 - were rescued in the past year after being forced into marriages in Pakistan.
Officials say this could be the tip of the iceberg as many women forced to marry live in isolated communities.
Last night, friends of Molly's dad denied he planned to make her a child bride in Pakistan.
Bashir Mann, President of the National Association of British Pakistanis, claimed Molly had been desperate to live with her dad.
He said: "She was crying and clinging to her father and pleading with him to take her with him.
"He is a loving caring dad and would never marry her off to an older man."
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we never have any lol.
did you seeeee it on the news?
dunno if it was as big a story in england.
was on the front page of all our papers!!!
GIRL OF 12 KIDNAPPED TO WED MAN, 25
EXCLUSIVE: Gran tells of Molly's abduction
By Karen Bale And Cara Page
A 12-YEAR-OLD Scots girl has been kidnapped and taken to Pakistan - for a forced marriage to a man aged 25.
Molly Campbell was snatched from her school on the isle of Lewis on Friday and flown 4500 miles to her dad Sajad Rana's homeland.
http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/dailyrecord2/aug2006/2/7/589CF486-BDB1-15FE-2C0FF86C048FBA72.jpg
APART: Molly and mum Louise
Last night the youngster's distraught granny said she believes he will now make Molly become a child bride.
Violet Robertson, 67, said: "It's just terrible. Molly is only a little girl. It's an arranged marriage. She doesn't know the man. He's 25.
"Molly doesn't want to go to Pakistan. She wants to stay with her mum."
Violet claimed that Sajad had tried before to abduct Molly, whose given name is Misbah Iram Ahmed Rana.
She said: "He turned up outside her school a few months ago and tried to snatch her but she managed to get away.
"Molly's mum has been running from Sajad for a long time now. Sajad is a pig, and that's the nicest thing I can say about him.
"He won't hand Molly back - never. I'm scared that's her gone for good."
Molly has been living on Lewis with her mum Louise, 38.
She was taken from her school, the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway, by her 18-year-old sister Tahmina.
Tahmina and Molly took a taxi to the airport and flew to Glasgow. They were met there by Sajad, who had been on Lewis the day before.
Sajad and the two girls caught a plane to Dubai, then travelled on to the Pakistani city of Lahore.
Molly is now thought to be in Lahore, where Sajad lives, or in Karachi, where he has relatives. Police in Scotland are trying to trace her.
Molly and Louise left their home in Glasgow 18 months ago. Relatives say they moved to get away from Sajad.
They set up home in Drummore, near Stranraer. But Sajad tracked them down again and they fled to Lewis.
Louise, Molly's legal guardian, was so desperate to stay hidden that she cut off all contact with her mum Violet and her three sisters.
Widow Violet said: "I haven't seen or spoken to my daughter since then. It really upsets me.
"But Louise was terrified because she found out Sajad had hired a private investigator to try and track her down."
After Sajad's previous bid to snatch Molly, Louise moved her to another school on Lewis.
Violet said: "She enrolled her under a fake name because Sajad would recognise her as his daughter if she called her Molly.
"Louise had to give her daughter a new name to protect her from her dad."
According to police, Sajad visited Lewis last Thursday but left for Glasgow hours later.
The next day, Molly vanished from school. She was last seen in the grounds of the Nicolson Institute at 10.50am.
She would normally have been in a class at that time. It is not known how she managed to leave the school without being missed.
Molly was reported missing at around 4.30pm - 90 minutes after she boarded the plane to Pakistan.
Northern Constabulary are working with Western Isles Council, Interpol, and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service to find the schoolgirl.
Chief Inspector Murdo Fraser, area police commander for the Western Isles, said: "We will be doing all we can over the coming days to ensure Molly is reunited with her mother as soon as possible.
"It is important to underline that this is an isolated family incident."
Mr Fraser appealed for members of the public who may have seen Molly, her sister or her father in the Stornoway area to come forward.
Police particularly want to speak to taxi drivers who may have taken any of the trio to the airport, and to air passengers who travelled on the same flights. Sajad and the girls left Glasgow at 2.55pm on Friday on Emirates flight number EK026.
Molly is described as 5ft 4in tall and of medium build.
Anyone who knows anything about her disappearance is asked to contact police on 01851 702222 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Louise and her partner, Kenny Campbell, are expected to make a public appeal for information today.
Pakistan has never signed up to the Hague Convention, an agreement which seeks to return abducted kids to their home countries.
But leading judges in Scotland and England have signed an agreement with the Pakistani authorities to handle such cases.
John Fotheringham, a family law expert from Edinburgh firm Fyfe Ireland, said last night: "The agreement was formed three years ago but I have never come across a case where it has been used in Scotland.
"It was designed to address situations exactly like this one. Now we have to wait and find out whether it works."
Molly is the youngest of the four children Louise had with Sajad.
The couple met at a market stall Sajad was running in Glasgow. Louise was just 16 and he was 23.
Violet said: "Sajad seemed a very nice man and was always very polite whenever I met him. He never caused me any problems and was accepted into the family straight away."
Sajad and Louise wed in a Muslim ceremony in May 1984. Louise adopted the name Shaza Ahmed Rana.
The following year, Louise had a son, Omar, now 20. She and Sajad then had a civil wedding at Glasgow's register office.
Louise and Sajad went on to have three more children, Tahmina, Adam and Molly.
Violet said: "When the marriage fell apart, there was no decision made as to who was to have custody of the children.
"The kids all stayed with their dad at first.
"But it was very unsettling for them because Sajad kept moving them around Scotland and to London because of his market stalls. He also owns a lot of property around the country.
"It all got out of hand. Eventually, Sajad decided he was going to take all the children away to Pakistan with him.
"Louise was devastated. She missed her kids so much."
Violet said all the children later decided to return to their mum in Scotland. She added: "For a while everything was good and Louise was really happy. But it soon became clear that Sajad wouldn't rest until he had his family back in Pakistan with him.
"Last year, Adam and Tahmina decided they wanted to go back to Pakistan to live, and Omar decided to get married and went off to live in London.
"But Sajad was furious that Molly was still in Scotland with Louise. He decided he wanted her back with him.
"My whole family has drifted apart because of this. I don't see any of my grandkids, who I love very much, and I don't see Louise.
"Sajad has taken away my grandkids and the whole family has lived in fear because of him."
Dad said Molly was off to London..not to wed man of 25
By Janice Burns
THE best pal of kidnapped Molly Campbell said the 12-year-old lived in fear of being snatched by her father.
Schoolgirl Louise Beaton claimed her friend must have been duped into travelling to Pakistan because she would never have gone willingly.
Louise said: "I was horrified when she told me her dad wanted to take her to Pakistan and force her to marry a 25-year-old man.
"That's just horrible and Molly was really scared. A couple of the other girls have heard Molly crying in the school toilets.
"I think she was scared of her dad and what he would do if she didn't go.
"A few weeks ago, she told me and another couple of girls that if we heard her scream in the playground that meant her dad had come for her and to go and get help."
The Record revealed yesterday how Molly had been taken from her school on the Isle of Lewis on Friday by her older sister Tahmina, 18.
They took a taxi to the airport and flew to Glasgow, where they were met by dad Sajad Ahmed Rana, 46.
Molly, whose real name is Misbah Iram Ahmed Rana, called both the take he police and her mum and claimed she was safe and well - but refused to say where she was.
According to Molly's family in Scotland, plans have been made to marry her off to a 25-year-old.
She is now thought to be in Lahore or Karachi, in Pakistan.
Her distraught mum Louise - her legal guardian - yesterday made a desperate plea for her safe return.
Yesterday, pal Louise, 12, insisted Molly had been duped by her dad into thinking she was only going to London.
Louise said: "I cannot understand why Molly would go with her dad willingly. She must have been conned.
"Molly was very happy that she had a new little sister and she talked about her all the time. She also really loved her mum."
Louise said Molly had met her sister and dad on Lewis on Thursday.
She went on: "Molly told me she was moving to London. I was really shocked.
"She said they were going to live in London with her sister and maybe at some point, down the line, they would one day visit Pakistan.
"She was very sad and had been told not to tell her mum."
Louise was distraught when she recalled the last time she saw Molly at morning break on Friday
She said: "Molly looked like she had been crying. We gave each other a big hug and Molly promised to call and write.
"When I came home from school on Friday, I told my mum that Molly had got the flight out of Stornoway.
"I feel really bad about it now because maybe if I had told someone earlier she might still be here."
Last night, Louise's mum Catherine said: "My daughter said Molly was really upset about the whole idea of an arranged marriage.
"She told her father she didn't want anything to do with it but he made up a pack of lies to lure her away. My daughter has been interviewed by the CID and she is trying to help in any way she can."
Earlier yesterday, Molly's mum Louise, 38, shook with grief at a press conference and was comforted by her partner Kenny Campbell, 38.
Louise - who gave birth to another daughter Rachel a few weeks ago - choked back tears as she said: "I would like to say to Molly that we miss her so much and we beg her to come home to us.
"She has to know she is not in any trouble and we are not angry, we just want her home.
"We would appeal to Molly's father, sister and family to make sure she returns to us as her absence has left a huge gap in our lives."
Chief Inspector Murdo Fraser said he was convinced Molly was in Pakistan and he was concerned for her safety.
Mum Louise adopted the Muslim name Shaza Ahmed Rana when she married Sajad in May 1984. The couple had four children - Omar, Tahmina, Adam and Molly-before they split.
At first the kids stayed with their father and moved to Pakistan before returning to Scotland to be with their mother.
Adam and Tahmina finally decided to go back to Pakistan. Omar got married and went to live in London.
Molly remained in Scotland with Louise, who is divorcing Sajad.
She left Glasgow eight months ago for Drummore, near Stranraer, to hide from Sajad. He tracked them down, forcing her to flee to Stornoway.
More than 100 British nationals of Pakistani descent - 20 per cent of them males as young as 14 - were rescued in the past year after being forced into marriages in Pakistan.
Officials say this could be the tip of the iceberg as many women forced to marry live in isolated communities.
Last night, friends of Molly's dad denied he planned to make her a child bride in Pakistan.
Bashir Mann, President of the National Association of British Pakistanis, claimed Molly had been desperate to live with her dad.
He said: "She was crying and clinging to her father and pleading with him to take her with him.
"He is a loving caring dad and would never marry her off to an older man."
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