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A round-up of the other news of the day in brief...

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Parents of abducted baby get conditional discharge by court

The parents of a 17-month-old girl they abducted have been given a conditional discharge by a court in Co Armagh, writes Dan Keenan.

Sophie Anderson was found safe and well at a caravan park in Dumfries, Scotland on Thursday, three days after she was due to have been taken to a parent and toddler group by her mother in Banbridge, Co Down on Monday.

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Lucy Anderson (30), Eden Avenue in Portadown, Co Armagh and Stuart Creaney (21), Edenderry Park in Banbridge, Co Down were discharged.

However, they were also told by the district judge that they would face new restrictions in access to their daughter. Sophie Anderson has been with foster parents for more than a year.

Following a police alert on both sides of the Irish Sea the child and her parents were found in Dumfries, Scotland.

Man convicted for hoax bomb threats

A man has been convicted at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court of sending two hoax bomb threat e-mails to Heathrow airport from a city centre library.

Adam Busby (61), from Scotland, with an address at Santry Lodge, Ballymun, had pleaded not guilty to two counts of sending hoax messages, for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety, at Charleville Mall Public Library, North Strand, on May 8th and May 15th, 2006.

The jury of five women and seven men returned its verdicts after approximately fours hours deliberation on day seven of the trial.

Judge Desmond Hogan remanded Busby, who uses a wheelchair due to illness, in custody until his sentence date on July 23rd, 2010.

Jack L to perform charity concert

Singer songwriter Jack L is to perform a concert on Saturday, July 3rd, at the National Concert Hall in Dublin, with all proceeds going to “Console”, the Irish charity for those bereaved of suicide.

Special guests will be Acabella and the Maynooth Gospel Choir.

Jack L, who is the 2010 ambassador for the charity said: “Console has become a vital charity in the present climate.

“Too many people are taking their own lives in this country. It’s so heartbreaking. I think when it comes to the issue of suicide, many people find it hard to understand, comprehend, and sometimes even empathise with.”

Console is a national service with offices in Dublin, Galway, Limerick, Cork, Wexford and Kildare.