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LONDON - The 12-year-old schoolgirl who ran away with a former U.S. Marine she met on the Internet was reunited with her parents on Wednesday, police said shortly after announcing that the Marine had been arrested in Germany.

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Shevaun Pennington already was on her way back to Britain when Toby Studabaker, 31, was arrested in downtown Frankfurt, police said.

Police said the girl flew back to Britain from Stuttgart via Amsterdam. Officers from Greater Manchester Police met her at the airport around 2:30 p.m., an hour after Studabaker had been arrested.

She was then taken to a police station in Leigh, near her home, for a reunion with her parents, Stephen and Joanna Pennington.

Shevaun left Britain with Studabaker on Saturday, police said.

Studabaker "was arrested for abduction under the power of an international arrest warrant," police Superintendent Peter Mason told reporters.

Police sources said images of child pornography were discovered on Studabaker's computer during investigations into the missing pair. The sources also said they had evidence, again taken from Studabaker's computer, that the ex-Marine knew that Shevaun was 12, not 18 or 19, as he had claimed to relatives.

The pair had last been traced to Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, where they arrived on a flight Saturday.

Shevaun made two phone calls home to her parents in Lowton, northwest England, on Tuesday and earlier Wednesday, saying she was well and not being kept against her will. In the second, she told her parents she was preparing to return to Britain.

"I am not aware that she has been harmed in any away, but again we haven't had the opportunity to speak with her yet," Mason said.

Christian Brockert, a spokesman for the Federal Criminal authorities in Frankfurt, said local police arrested Studabaker Wednesday afternoon.

The ex-Marine told police upon his arrest that the girl was in an airplane on her way back to Britain.

German authorities are determining whether the man will be extradited, or whether he would be pressed on charges of child abuse there, Brockert said.

Mason said that British police were "looking at bringing him back to this country."

Earlier Wednesday, Shevaun's mother said she was "relieved" her daughter was still with Studabaker, who police say befriended the schoolgirl via the Internet.

"I'm actually quite relieved that he's still with her in a way because he's obviously helping to look after her. As long as she comes back, she can even come back with him, I'm not bothered," the mother told Sky News TV.

Mason said Shevaun believed she was in a relationship with Studabaker.

"It is a relationship that has developed over a number of months, starting off on Internet chat lines and progressing through to e-mails and personal letters."

:) lol Dont Ask But its New deal wiv it! :rolleyes:

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Thoze cr8zy old men...gettin Wiv a little girl frum england lol so weerd huh did Yuo see how her Mom was glad she wuz still wiv him/?!!!1 lol

Well, if your daughter (if you had one) went misisng, would you rather hdr be on her own lost in germany or be with an adult? Sure the daughter rang and said he want causing her any probs...so she still must have been terrified, but there's still that little bit of hope to grasp....

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lol Kinda Stupid tho like:

Gurl: O yeah Dad brb iam going out 4 a bit

*2 weeks later*

Her mum: Hey Hunni Do u know were ur Shevaun gone?

Dad: Errm Yeah Shes gone to meet a 32 year Marine that loves Kids

Her mum: O thats ok then

:)

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well he didnt know of her age till obviously i met and i would of felt sorry for him, but then him knowing she that young and still fly away together is sick and disturbed.. hope he gets a nice prison sentence

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