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Cleo Smith: Terence Darrell Kelly pleads guilty to abducting four-year-old Australian girl from campsite

A 36-year-old Australian man has pleaded guilty to abducting four-year-old Cleo Smith and keeping her inside his home for more than two weeks.

Terence Darrell Kelly has appeared in Carnarvon Magitstrates' Court where he pleaded guilty to a charge of child stealing.

He was arrested after detectives raided his home on 3 November and found the youngster locked inside a room, playing with dolls.

The toddler disappeared from her family's tent on a campsite in Western Australia in October last year.

Initially, a huge land and sea search got under way on the assumption she had wandered away from her tent.

Eighteen days later, police officers found Cleo "alive and well" inside a locked house in her hometown of Carnarvon.

At the time, her mum, Ellie Smith, wrote on social media: "Our family is whole again."

Western Australian police released heartwarming audio of the moment Cleo was rescued.

During the exchange, Detective Senior Sergeant Cameron Blaine asked for her name to which she responded: "My name is Cleo."

He then said: "We're going to take you to see your mummy and daddy, okay?"