THE brother of Leah Croucher has been wrapped by a judge after threatening the teen’s boyfriend for her disappearance. Leah, 19, went missing after failing to turn up for work in Milton Keynes, Bucks, in February. Cops have made more than 4,000 door-to-door inquiries and used dogs, drones and helicopters in the search – but […]
THE brother of Leah Croucher has been wrapped by a judge after threatening the teen’s boyfriend for her disappearance.
Leah, 19, went missing after failing to turn up for work in Milton Keynes, Bucks, in February.
Cops have made more than 4,000 door-to-door inquiries and used dogs, drones and helicopters in the search – but still Leah remains missing.
Today her brother Haydon Croucher, 23, found himself hauled in front of a judge after making threats to Adnan Choudhry.
On May 13, he had posted a picture on social media, with a message saying: “Was suppose to have court today as I’m attacking Leah’s ex-boyfriend, 27-years-old, married and Muslimwho in our opinion groomed and mistreated her he had mk finest in his name, he f***ed with the wrong people.”
Judge Sheridan told Mr Croucher to stop taking the law into his own and hands and slapped him with a restraining order.
The order bans Mr Croucher of coming within 25metres of his victim or contacting him in any way.
You must allow them, however strongly you feel, to do the investigating. You will jeopardise their investigation if you get it into your head that somebody is responsible for it.
Judge Sheridan
Judge Sheridan said: “This is a real tragedy. You and your family are entitled and deserving of utter sympathy from everybody, because Leah has gone missing.
“I cannot go into the details of the police investigation but can tell you it is being controlled at a very high level. It is detailed and, if I respectfully say so, they really are trying desperately hard.
“You must allow them, however strongly you feel, to do the investigating. You will jeopardise their investigation if you get it into your head that somebody is responsible for it.
“The police have fully investigated the person that you suspected. There is, at this stage, nothing to support those suspicions.
“Can I plead with you to behave so that police can complete this investigation, I would love to say with a happy ending but I simply do not know. She is missing.”
Whatever it is that has caused you to run away, please let us help or fix it.
Claire Croucher
Last week Leah’s devastated family spoke to Sun Online about the ordeal of her disappearance, for Missing People’s charity ‘Find Every Child’ campaign.
Emotional Claire and John Croucher have now been forced to live through months of turmoil trying to figure out where Leah has gone.
Claire said: “Whatever it is that has caused you to run away, please let us help or fix it.
“If it is us, then tell us what we have done and if it is someone else, tell us and we will help you.
“We just want to give you a hug.”
She added: “We are not even surviving anymore, we are just existing.”
Thames Valley Police had said three people had reported possible sightings of Leah near Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes, later in the morning on the day she disappeared.
The officer in charge of the search, Chief Inspector Neil Kentish, said: “Frankly, our officers who are investigating Leah’s disappearance have never dealt with a case like this before.
“It is extremely rare for someone to go missing without leaving a trace, but this is what has happened to Leah.”
A spokesman for Thames Valley Police said today: “Mr Choudhry is a witness who has provided a detailed statement regarding his friendship and relationship with Leah.
“The investigation team have spoken to Mr Choudhry on a number of occasions since Leah disappeared and he has always made himself available.
“Officers are continuing to receive information and reported sightings of Leah all of which are assessed and investigated accordingly. At this time there have been no further confirmed sightings since Leah was seen in Buzzacott Lane, Furzton at 8.16am on Friday February 15.
“Thames Valley Police remain committed to finding Leah. We are investigating a number of lines of inquiry and we continue to support Leah’s family through this incredibly difficult and upsetting time.
“We are continually working with Leah’s family to identify lines of inquiry and opportunities to seek information and maintain the public profile of the investigation.
“Last week we supported Leah’s parents with an interview as part of the Missing People’s charity ‘Find Every Child’ campaign which was published in the Sun Online.
“We are currently evaluating the response from this appeal to identify further investigative opportunities.”
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