Runaway teenage sailor Laura found

12 April 2012

Runaway sailor Laura Dekker, 14, has been found on the Caribbean island of St Martin.

Police said efforts are now under way to return her to Holland. She vanished from her father's home on Friday, leaving her boat behind.

Her hopes of becoming the youngest person to sail solo round the world at the age of 13 were blocked in August by a Utrecht court, which placed her under the supervision of childcare authorities.

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