COPS have charged three people in connection with an investigation into two missing children.
The kids were reported missing from north-west London on September 19.
Ashley Hawkins, 52, and Jordan Hardy, 30, both from Dagenham, have appeared at Southend Magistrates’ Court on September 25, charged with two counts of child abduction.
Both were remanded to appear at Snaresbrook Crown Court on September 26 and were further remanded to appear at the same court on October 9.
A 63-year-old woman arrested at an address in Essex on September 24 on suspicion of child abduction, assisting an offender and perverting the course of justice, has been bailed to a date in December pending further enquiries.
Jamie-Leigh Kelly, 31, from Romford, was charged with assault and two counts of taking a child in care without lawful authority contrary to section 49 of The Children Act 1989 and remanded to appear at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court on September 26.
She was also further remanded to appear on October 9at Snaresbrook Crown Court.
The assault charge relates to an incident on September 19, where a woman is alleged to have been assaulted.
A further arrest was made on September26.
A man aged 20 was arrested on suspicion of child abduction, and he remains in custody.
Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford said recently: “We are very pleased, and of course relieved, to have found the two children after an extensive enquiries over the past few days.
“They are safe and well and receiving precautionary medical attention.”
