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Barney Davis

Marnie Clayton: Man arrested after teenager who went missing after nightclub visit is found ‘safe and well’

A selfie taken on January 15 shortly before she disappeared

(Picture: Thames Valley Police)

A man has been arrested for false imprisonment and making threats to kill against a teenage girl who went missing after leaving a Windsor nightclub.

Marnie Clayton went missing after leaving Atik night club in William Street around 2am on Sunday, Thames Valley Police said.

She did not return home and was reported missing by her family just before 3am.

Atik night club in William Street (PA)

But on Monday officers from Thames Valley Police and Hampshire Constabulary said they had located the 18-year-old from Bracknell and returned her home “safe and well”.

A Thames Valley Police spokesman confirmed that she was located in Basingstoke, Hampshire.

A 21-year-old man from Reading has been arrested in Basingstoke by officers from Hampshire Constabulary on suspicion of battery, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, breach of police bail, false imprisonment and making threats to kill.

He remains in police custody.

Composite of handout photos issued by Thames Valley Police of 18-year-old Marnie Clayton from Bracknell who has been reported missing after leaving a nightclub in Windsor, Berkshire, in the early hours of Sunday morning, including (centre) a selfie taken on January 15 shortly before she disappeared (Thames Valley Police/PA) (PA Media)

Supt Michael Greenwood, said: “I am delighted to be able to confirm that we have located Marnie safe and well and returned her home to her family, who were naturally extremely concerned for her.

“This outcome is the result of fantastic work from officers and staff from both Thames Valley Police and our colleagues in Hampshire, when, working on information received from some of the hundreds of calls since Marnie was reported missing, we have managed to locate her.

“I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the many thousands of members of the public who shared our appeal to locate her and extend this also to the local and national media.

“It cannot be underestimated how important the information received was in locating Marnie safe and well.

“I am very proud of all of our officers and staff and colleagues in Hampshire for their work, and also all of the members of ourlocal community who shared appeals and called us with the information which has helped us bring Marnie home.”

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