Young girl who was found wandering the streets of northwest London is reunited with her parents after police issued urgent appeal
- Little girl was found wandering the street in Wembley, North West London
- Police looked after the girl after a stranger found her on Monday evening
- Officers announced she had been reunited with her family just before midnight
A little girl found wandering the streets of Wembley alone has been reunited with her family.
The youngster, who was found by a stranger just before 9pm this evening, wasn’t able to give police her name or address, sparking a desperate plea from Scotland Yard to try and find her parents.
Hundreds of people shared a picture of the girl in the hope within minutes of it being shared online.
Met Police in Wembley, North West London, are trying to find the parents or guardians of this little girl, who was found wandering the streets alone on Monday evening
The little girl was found wandering alone in Byron Road, Wembley, on Monday evening by a stranger
Just before midnight MPS Brent tweeted: ‘The young girl has been reunited with her family. Thank you for all your assistance with this.’
While police tried to find her family, officers in North West London looked after the little girl, who couldn’t tell officers were she lived.
A tweet with her picture shared by MPS Brent has been retweeted more than 1,100 times by concerned followers.
When one Twitter user asked why they were sharing her image, MPS Brent replied: ‘Quite frankly reuniting this child with their family is more important than exposing identity. The child is now safe with officers but we’d like to get her home!’