A MAN and a woman arrested for neglect after a three-year-old girl was found wandering in the street have been released on police bail.
The toddler was discovered by a passer-by in Genesta Road, Westcliff on Monday evening. The child did not speak English.
Following a house-to-house search and media appeal, police found the girls' parents on Tuesday morning.
Officers arrested a 37-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man, both from Westcliff, on suspicion on child neglect.
The couple have now been released on bail.
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