A Roma couple is to appear in court in Greece today over the suspected abduction of a four-year-old girl dubbed the "blonde angel", whose discovery has prompted thousands of calls from parents with missing children.
The blonde-haired, green-eyed girl named Maria was found by police on Wednesday in a camp in the central town of Farsala, and the Roma couple was arrested after DNA testing showed they were not related.
The case offered a glimmer of hope to parents of missing children such as British girl Madeleine McCann that they could be found alive.
While police believe the girl was abducted at birth, the couple claims she was given up by her biological mother because she could not raise her.
Lawyers for the couple say"There has been no kidnapping, no robbery, no trafficking."
Greek charity Smile of the Child, who have been looking after the child, say they have been inundated with more than 8,000 calls about the girl.
