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| Two teenagers who kidnapped a child from a Primark store have been detained for three years and three months. | Two teenagers who kidnapped a child from a Primark store have been detained for three years and three months. |
| Mr Justice Globe concluded that the girls, aged 13 and 14, took the two-year-old girl from her mother and serious harm to the child was foreseeable. | Mr Justice Globe concluded that the girls, aged 13 and 14, took the two-year-old girl from her mother and serious harm to the child was foreseeable. |
| Sitting at Newcastle crown court, Globe said the toddler was at risk of physical or sexual violence and/or exploitation. The judge was referring to internet searches made on a tablet belonging to the younger defendant. | Sitting at Newcastle crown court, Globe said the toddler was at risk of physical or sexual violence and/or exploitation. The judge was referring to internet searches made on a tablet belonging to the younger defendant. |
| He said: “The internet history shows hundreds of searches in relation to pornographic topics which include children having sex, rape, slavery and abduction.” | He said: “The internet history shows hundreds of searches in relation to pornographic topics which include children having sex, rape, slavery and abduction.” |
| The judge initially sentenced them to three years and four months but reduced this by a month having heard they had been subject to a curfew since they pleaded guilty to kidnap. |