Briton on trial in France for trying to return refugee, 4, to family

Rob Lawrie had a choice. On one side lay the law — you can’t sneak a 4-year-old girl across international borders — and on the other side sat his sentiments: How could he leave that girl trapped in a squalid migrant camp?

He led with his heart — and was caught.

He goes on trial tomorrow in France, accused of aiding illegal immigration for trying to take Bahar Ahmadi from the settlement in Calais, France, to safety in England, where the Afghan girl had family in Leeds waiting to look after her.