New Zealander will be charged with kidnapping

Rodney William Cowie, a 48-year-old New Zealander, will face criminal charges in the Czech Republic for taking his six-year-old daughter illegally to Australia. The child had been placed in the custody of her Czech mother by an Australian court; Mr Cowie failed on Saturday to return his daughter to her mother after a day they spent together; instead they boarded an Australia-bound flight at Frankfurt, Germany. The Czech police will ask Interpol and authorities in Australia and New Zealand for cooperation.

Author: Jan Richter