The pair - one of them a baby - were saved after a local resident noticed a white Volkswagen Polo rental car parked directly in the sun
Two British girls, including a baby, have been rescued after being discovered "abandoned" in a vehicle on the Spanish island of Tenerife. Local police in Arona reported that the children were found after a passer-by spotted a white Volkswagen Polo rental car parked in direct sunlight in Las Galletas, which is just an hour from where authorities are searching for missing British teenager Jay Slater .
The 34 year old local resident noticed the two girls inside the car with its windows shut. According to the police, the older girl, aged seven, explained that their father had left them while he went for a haircut at a nearby shopping centre, but they were reluctant to leave the car despite being able to unlock it from the inside.
After the woman alerted emergency services, officers attempted to locate the father in the shopping centre, having found items linked to him in the car, including a bag with yoghurts and juices, once the girls allowed them access to the vehicle, reports the Daily Star.A 38 year old man was later questioned but initially denied any relation to the children.
Subsequently, the girls were moved to the Nuestra Senora de la Paz Maternal Centre in La Laguna by order of the Juvenile Prosecutor's Office. The same man later admitted to being responsible for the car before absconding from the centre. Another individual, believed to be a 35 year old from Poland, later arrived claiming to be a friend of the girls' father. Following a police investigation, a 27 year old British woman was confirmed as the mother of the girls and they were handed over to her.
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