ABDUCTION CASE

Cleo Smith suspect seen ‘with car full of DOLLS’ days after four-year-old went missing, neighbours say

THE man suspected of abducting Cleo Smith was spotted with a car full of dolls after the four-year-old went missing, his neighbour claims.

Terence Darrell Kelly, 36, appeared in court on Thursday after he was charged with forcibly taking a child under 16.

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Terence Kelly posing with Bratz dollsCredit: NO
that he saw the accused kidnapper with more than ten dolls in the back of his blue Mazda.

Henry Dodd said the dolls were brand new and were still in their packaging "as if they had been collected from the post office".

"There were around ten or twelve dolls... and it looked like he had picked them up after they were delivered somewhere," he told the publication. 

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"You could see them in their boxes like he ordered them online. They were all piled in the back of his car."

Mr Dodd went on to say that he thought the sight was "weird" and that he didn't realise Kelly had an entire room full of toys in his house until it was reported on Wednesday.

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He also said that he passed on the observation to local police to which they told the Mail that "police have their own way of deciding what to follow up and not follow up on".

On Thursday it was revealed that Kelly was obsessed with Bratz dolls with pictures showing dozens of them in the house where she was found.

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One of Kelly’s many social media profiles is a Facebook page devoted to his obsession with Bratz dolls, an American brand featuring scantily clad teenage figures.

On the page, posted a video of himself with a filter showing hearts with the words “I love my dolls”.

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Another picture shows a room dedicated to the dolls, with shelves stacked to the ceiling showing a large number still in the boxes, the 

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