12/08/2003

Missing Islandmagee girl returns home

The Co Antrim girl who police believed may have been abducted has returned home safe.

Clarissa Martin, 15, from Islandmagee, went missing on Friday night and was last seen at Yorkgate Railway Station in Belfast.

She had last been seen in Newtownabbey on Saturday morning.

It is believed she returned of her own accord.

(MB)

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