Father of abducted Atiya to make his bid for freedom.

(From Guardian Unlimited)

A father accused of abducting his young daughter from Manchester and whisking her away to Pakistan will make a bid for freedom at the high court later this month.

Razwan Ali Anjum, 28, has been in jail for much of the past three years after refusing to reveal the whereabouts of Atiya Anjum-Wilkinson, now six, who was returned to her mother last week .

Now he is set to demand his release by attempting to "purge his contempt" in the high court, the detective in charge of finding Atiya has said.

Anjum, a former insurance salesman, is likely to claim that as Atiya is now home, there are no grounds to continue to punish him …