Key witness Škrlová held by Norwegian police

Norwegian police have arrested Czech national Barbora Škrlová, and are set to extradite her back to the Czech Republic. Mrs Škrlová is wanted in her homeland on charges of identity fraud. The thirty-three-year-old masqueraded as a thirteen-year-old girl called Anna, in a highly publicized child-abuse case. She later escaped from the Czech Republic. Mrs Škrlová is seen as a key witness in the case, and it is for this reason that the Czech Foreign Ministry would like her to be extradited. When Norwegian police caught up with her, she was masquerading as a thirteen-year old boy called Adam. She is expected to return to the Czech Republic sometime in the very near future, a ministry spokesman said.