Missing 13-year-olds found safe and well

UPDATE 19/3/24: The Met Police reports the girls were found safe and well overnight.

The Met Police is appealing for help to find two 13-year-old girls who are missing from Sussex but were last seen in London.

The pair were reported missing on Sunday March 17 after they left St Leonards-on-Sea in East Sussex.

Police believe they were in Stockwell, Lambeth at 4.30pm on Monday (March 18).

Ruby is about 5ft 5ins, of medium build, with long curly brown hair and was last seen wearing a white tracksuit.

Lacey is 5ft 4ins, of slim build, with long curly blonde hair and was last seen dressed in all black.

Detective Sergeant Julie Morrow, from the Missing Persons Unit, said: “It is important that we find these two girls as due to their young age, they are vulnerable.

"I hope to find them both safe and well.

"If you have any information about their whereabouts, or have seen two girls matching their descriptions then please contact police by dialling 999 or 101 quoting reference 01/102759/24 and 01/104794/24.”