in 2002, sonia kidnaps rebecca while neil and sue are out. sonia tells their babysitter that she is a family friend, and snatches rebecca, taking her to walford. neil and sue work this out and trace her. while sonia barricades herself inside her house, the millers give dot branning (june brown) fifteen minutes to persuade sonia to hand rebecca over before they phone the police. just before the millers are about to call the police, dot successfully persuades sonia to hand rebecca over.