TODDLER SOPHIE FOUND IN SCOTLAND

MISSING toddler Sophie Anderson has been found at a caravan park in the Dumfries area of Scotland.

By The Newsroom

Published 10th Jun 2010, 10:33 BST

Updated 10th Jun 2010, 10:34 BST

The 17 month old was said to be safe and well when she was found.

A 30 year old woman and a 22 year old man have been arrested. They will be transferred to Northern Ireland at a later date.

Sophie Anderson had been in the care of social services since her birth and lived with foster parents in the Banbridge council area for much of that time.

Detective Inspector Stephen Wright appealed for Lucy Anderson and Stuart Creaney to return their daughter Sophie to carers after she was picked up at the social services centre in Scarva Street and taken on a ferry to Stranraer on Monday morning.

Thirty-year-old Lucy had been due to attend a playgroup at the Independent Methodist Church with Sophie but police were alerted when the pair failed to turn up.

For more on this story see Tuesday's edition of the Leader.