Man remanded after schoolgirl found in France

A 49-YEAR-OLD man was remanded in custody yesterday when he appeared before a French court over his disappearance with a British schoolgirl.

Laura Stainforth, 15, went missing on Wednesday last week after meeting Robert Williams in an internet chatroom.

The pair handed themselves in to the British consulate in Lille, north-east France, on Wednesday and Williams was taken into custody.