Prosecutors say Indea Ford, 34, was due to go on trial at Isleworth Crown Court on September 10
A British woman who moved to Alaska with her children after marrying an American is in custody awaiting trial after being accused of child abduction and extradited back to the UK.
Prosecutors say Indea Ford, 34, was due to go on trial at Isleworth Crown Court on September 10.
A Crown Prosecution Service spokesman said Ford had pleaded not guilty.
Detail of the case emerged earlier this month after Ford and the children’s father became involved in family court litigation.
A judge analysed the latest stage of the dispute at a public hearing in the Family Division of the High Court and published a ruling.
Mr Justice Holman said Ford and the children’s father had separated several years ago.
She had subsequently moved to Sitka, Alaska, with her children, after marrying an American.
The children’s father had taken family court action in a bid get youngsters back to Britain.
Police had also become involved.
Mr Justice Holman said, in his ruling, that Ford had been extradited in April and then remanded in custody by magistrates pending trial.
He said the children were living in Alaska with their stepfather.
Judge Gleason indicated, in a published ruling, that Ford had lived in the London area before moving to Sitka, Alaska (pictured)
Ford had taken legal action in the United States in a bid to block extradition.
But in February Judge Sharon Gleason ruled against her following a court hearing in Anchorage, Alaska.
Judge Gleason indicated, in a published ruling, that Ford had lived in the London area before moving to Sitka.
Chirag Patel of McMillan Williams Solicitors Limited said: ‘A case of this kind is incredibly unusual on the basis that it involves various aspects of the law, including the incoming extradition to the UK, criminal allegations and the family law element, all of which appear to be inherently interlinked.’
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