Man arrested after thief sped off with 6-year-old in the back of car in Waltham Forest

A man has been arrested after a car was stolen with a 6-year-old girl in the back seat from Waltham Forest.

The Met Police launched an urgent appeal after Beatrice Felicia went missing when a man met up with her father in Leyton High Road allegedly wanting to buy his car.

The man sped in the vehicle with Beatrice in the back seat, with the 6-year-old found unharmed by detectives about two hours after she went missing on Tuesday, May 16.

She had been found by her grandmother after the family desperately searched for the Romanian-born youngster.

Moazzam Ali, 32, of no fixed address, was arrested on Friday, and charged the following day with theft of a motor vehicle.

He was also charged with a further seven counts of theft of a motor vehicle on various dates in London.

Mr Ali appeared at Thames Magistrates' Court on Saturday and was remanded in custody to appear at Snaresbrook Crown Court on a later date.