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Last Updated: Friday, 14 November, 2003, 12:09 GMT
Missing teenager found safe
Laura Oakley
Laura, 14, was last seen on Sunday with three unidentified males
A 14-year-old girl not seen since she went to a bowling alley with three men five days ago has been found safe.

Laura Oakley, from Fareham, Hampshire, was last spotted with the three unidentified young men at Bowlplex at Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, on Sunday.

A police officer interrupted a press conference held by her parents on Friday morning to break the news that she had been found.

The officer said Laura walked into a Portsmouth police station just after 1100 GMT after seeing appeal posters.

Police do not yet know where she has been.

"I just want to give her a hug," her mum, Karen, 39, said.

Father, Andrew, 40, a Royal Navy Lieutenant, said: "It's a relief it has turned out well.

"If you'd spoken to us last night we'd have both been blubbing."



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