Four children were taken into care by police following a tip-off they were leaving the UK, which led to the Leeds riots, the Mirror can reveal.
The youngsters were removed because of a tip-off they were going to be taken to Romania or Cyprus, Leeds family court heard. But on Tuesday, a judge said the children, aged between eight and 14, can now be released from temporary foster care.
They have now been taken back to live at their uncle’s home while proceedings continue. The court heard how the children had been “extremely upset” and had not settled in foster care.
The four Romanian Roma children were in danger of being split up in foster care if an approved placement could not be found, the court heard.
The family were asked not to take to the streets to celebrate and to keep “calm” for the sake of the children. Reacting to the news all four children were going to live with their uncle, their mum tapped her heart and said: “I’m glad the children are back with the family.”
Justice Trotter Jackson, sitting at Leeds Family Court on Tuesday, told the family listening to proceedings with the help of an interpreter that their four children could now go and live with their uncle.