Mother gives 14-year-old sailor last minute blessing as court meets



1:35 AM Sun 18 Jul 2010 GMT
'Laura Dekker - mother finally gives her approval' .
Just three days before a Dutch Court will meet to consider the case of a fourteen-year-old girl who wants to sail solo round the world, her mother has published a letter giving the voyage her support. Last year Laura Dekker's mother Babs Mueller, who is separated Laura's father, told a Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant that she disapproved of her daughter's trip. It is not known whether this influenced the judges into putting a ban on Laura's departure until at least July this year. In placing the ban, they put her under the authority of the state, citing concerns about her ...


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