Abducted girl Atiya's mother: 'I just want to cuddle Atiya'
The mother of a six-year-old girl who was abducted three years ago has described her emotional reunion with her daughter.
Atiya Anjum-Wilkinson was taken from her home in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, on her third birthday in 2009.
Her father abducted her and took her to live in Pakistan.
On Friday, she was reunited with her mother Gemma Wilkinson at a Manchester hotel.
Ms Wilkinson said she had refused to give up on seeing her daughter again.
Speaking after her reunion with her daughter, she said: "I just want to cuddle Atiya".
28 Dec 2012
- From the section UK