Parents' plea to missing daughter thought to be with man

Tomas Baker has been urged to "do the right thing"

The parents of a missing 15-year-old girl from Rhondda Cynon Taff have pleaded with her to come home.

A UK-wide search is under way to find the girl from Rhydyfelin, Pontypridd, who went missing more than two weeks ago.

South Wales Police detectives believe she may be with 20-year-old Tomas Baker, from Tamworth, Staffordshire.

Det Insp Annabella Rees made personal pleas and revealed police are treating her disappearance as child abduction.

Her parents say they hope Mr Baker will "do the right thing" and get her to return.

The last time the 15-year-old was seen was on the evening of Wednesday 15 August, walking through Ynysangharad Park in Pontypridd.

It is believed she boarded a train at Pontypridd station.

Det Insp Annabella Rees called for her to think about her family and let them know she was safe

Det Insp Rees described the pair's efforts to make their movements "almost untraceable" as "really determined and almost calculated".

"She is a 15-year-old child and Tomas Baker, if he is with her, is a 20-year-old male. He has absolutely no right whatsoever to keep her away from her parents for any length of time, let alone two weeks," she said.

In a personal appeal to them both, Det Insp Rees called for Mr Baker to "encourage" her to make herself known to the authorities.

"Just come forward, find a police officer or if you can't find a police officer, find another member of the public and tell them who you are and ask them to call 999."