29/10/2003

Missing Lincolnshire teenager found in Torquay

The missing Lincolnshire teenager Kirsty Blakey has been reunited with her parents, following on from a nationwide police appeal yesterday.

Kirsty and her 26-year-old boyfriend, John Wayne Marshall, 26, from the St Giles estate in Lincoln, presented themselves at a Torquay police station early this morning. Mr Marshall was arrested and is now in custody.

Kirsty’s immediate future will be decided after consultation between her family, the police and social services, police said.

Fourteen-year-old Kirsty, from Goldsmith Walk in Lincoln, was initially reported missing on Wednesday October 22 after attending Lincoln County Hospital suffering the effects of an overdose.

She was traced by the Devon and Cornwall Police in Torquay early on Thursday. She was placed with temporary foster parents pending collection by her family, but later absconded with Mr Marshall.

(gmcg)

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