British police confirm new sighting of missing girls

Police in Britain say they have a new confirmed sighting of missing schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.

Police in Britain say they have a new confirmed sighting of missing schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.

Detective Chief Inspector Andy Hebb says they were seen by someone who knew them outside an Italian restaurant on the High Street in Soham at 7.20 p.m. on Sunday.

Police now know the girls did not access chatrooms in the 20 minutes they spent on Holly's home computer before they disappeared.

The arrests of two men in connection with the case aren't being treated as significant developments. The men, in their 40s and 30s, were detained for not co-operating with police.

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Chief Inspector Hebb has also thrown doubt on whether two girls seen near a garage at 7 p.m. on Sunday where the missing 10-year-olds.

He told reporters footage at the garage has been viewed and they're not caught on camera.

He says the reconstruction of the girls' last movements will hopefully "jog memories".

Detectives believe the children were snatched and are still alive, and have appealed to their abductors to bring them back.

They say the strongest possibility is that the girls are still in the area near Soham, as most abductors strike near to their own homes.

An all-ports alert was issued earlier in the week and police are also considering the possibility that Jessica could have befriended someone during a recent family holiday on Menorca

PA