Man, 54, appears in court charged with child abduction and modern slavery after girl, 15, vanishes from her home
- Jawwad Akram, 54, of Edgware appeared today in Willesden Magistrates’ Court
- Akram was charged with child abduction and modern slavery earlier today
- He was remanded in custody to appear at Harrow Crown Court on November 4
A 54-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the abduction of a 15-year-old girl.
Jawwad Akram is accused of offences under the Child Abduction and Modern Slavery Acts.
Akram, who is married and has an address in Edgware, north-west London, appeared at Willesden Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.
Jawwad Akram, 54, of Edgware was today charged with child abduction and modern slavery at Willesden Magistrates’ Court, pictured. He was remanded in custody to appear at Harrow Crown Court on November 4.
He is charged with having arranged or facilitated the travel of the girl between September 30 and Wednesday with a view to her being exploited, contrary to sections two and five of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
He is also charged, under the Child Abduction Act 1984, with taking the girl without lawful authority or reasonable excuse between September 30 and Tuesday, from a person who had lawful control.
Akram, wearing cream-coloured trousers and a dark jacket and sporting dark hair and a beard, indicated not guilty pleas to both charges.
Magistrate Heather Meyer remanded him in custody to appear at Harrow Crown Court on November 4.
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