Mother of abducted girl describes daughter’s ordeal

The mother of an eight-year-old schoolgirl who was snatched from Moate told today how her daughter escaped from her abductor and hid as he hunted her down.

Gardai in Co Westmeath continued to search for the kidnapper as Kathleen Maughan described how her daughter Mary was dragged screaming into his car shortly after she got off a school bus.