Kidnapped Sahil returns to the UK

**A five-year-old British boy who was held by kidnappers in Pakistan for two weeks has flown back to the UK.**Sahil Saeed, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, was released unharmed on Tuesday after a £110,000 ransom was paid by his family.

He was on holiday with his father Raja Saeed in Jhelum in the Punjab region when he was snatched on 4 March.

Three people are due to appear in court in Spain in connection with the case. Two others were arrested in Paris.

Sahil was seized during a robbery at his grandmother’s home in the early hours, then freed 12 days later.

Emotional reunion

The case has so far spanned four nations and has seen an array of twists and turns, involving a family spread across two continents, investigators in Pakistan, the UK, Spain and France, and international police organisation Interpol.

Following an emotional reunion with his son at the home of the British High Commissioner in Islamabad, Mr Saeed thanked everyone for their messages of support over the last fortnight.

"I am completely overjoyed that I have been reunited with my son after such a long ordeal.

“Sahil is doing well, is in good spirits, and can’t wait to return to the UK to see his mum, his family, and join his friends back at school.”