The lawyer for Kerry Page, the Cleckheaton woman on the run from Kenyan police, has been told she is safe and out of the country.

Ishan Kapila, 41, told the Telegraph & Argus from his office in Nairobi that he had received an anonymous phone call from a man saying Kerry was safe - but would not disclose where she was.

Meanwhile criminal charges have been temporarily dropped against Kerry, although the warrant for her arrest still remains.

The whereabouts of shipping manager Kerry, 29, have been a mystery since she failed to appear at the opening of her trial into charges of theft and handling stolen goods in Nairobi in May.

Mr Kapila, 41, said: "The charges against Kerry and two other co-accused have been withdrawn under Section 87a of our penal code to stop people wasting their time in court. But the warrant for her arrest still stands indefinitely and the penal code allows for Kerry to be recharged if she is found.

"I still do not know where Kerry is and I have not heard from her since April 29. The Kenyan police also do not know where is and keeping asking me if I know.

"I think it will be a shame if Kerry remains a fugitive for the rest of her life.''

Kerry's mother Elaine Garnham, 46, of Old Popplewell Lane, Scholes, Cleckheaton, who has five other children, maintains she has no idea of her daughter's whereabouts and has not heard from her.

She said: "The Foreign Office told me the charges had been dropped and that is all I have heard.''

Kerry's grandfather Geoff Greenhough, of Holdsworth Street, Cleckheaton, also said he had not been contacted by his granddaughter nor knew where she was.

Kerry was accused of helping shipping company, Somaust, she worked for steal forklift trucks, vehicles and containers - worth a total of £219,000 which belonged to the United Nations - during a relief mission in Somalia three years ago. Kerry denied the charges.

According to the charges the goods were stolen at the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa after being shipped there from Somalia by Somaust.

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