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13th December 2016
12:48pm GMT
'Dad are you awake?'‘I need you to call the Australian police. Do not ring me’.
‘I’ve been taken by a man … please hurry,’
He asked her to send more information so she continued to send screenshots of her location.
Her dad immediately called the Australian police, who intercepted the car 55 miles from the hostel.
Around two and a half hours after the journey began, police cars pulled up either side of the man's car and Mary Kate said she jumped out and ran to a policeman.
''I couldn't let go of the policeman, I was crying and shaking.'' She said.
The man was arrested but Mary Kate said she did not want to press charges as he was ill and jail 'would not be the best place for him'. The man is now in a mental hospital and will be deported back to Sweden.
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