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The deadline for a Saudi man to allow his 21-year-old daughter to return to the UK after being accused of imprisoning her at his home in Jeddah, has ended.

Mohammed Al-Jeffery was ordered by British judge Mr Justice Holman to return his daughter Amina Al-Jeffery to England or Wales by 4pm on Sunday, September 11.

Miss Al-Jeffery - who grew up in Swansea and has dual British and Saudi Arabian nationality - complained that her father locked her up in his flat because she had “kissed a guy”.

Her father disputed her allegations and said he was trying to protect her.

A public hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London concluded that Miss Al-Jeffery’s freedom of movement had been “severely constrained” and Mr Justice Holman said she was a British citizen abroad who was in “peril” and “needed protection”.

Window barriers

Mr Justice Holman described the case as very serious and said Mr Al-Jeffery, who is in his 60s, was not seeing the situation through the “right perspective”.

He said Mr Al-Jeffery had admitted locking his daughter in his flat when he went out.

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Mr Al-Jeffery also admitted previously having “steel latticework” over the windows so Miss Al-Jeffery could not shout out.

“I provisionally feel that we - this state, this court - need to feel very concerned about the welfare of this British citizen,” the judge said.

“These things are said. There is a degree of admission by the father.

“To take an example, that he locks her in the flat when he goes out.

“That he formerly had this very elaborate steel latticework over the windows so that she could not shout out through the window.”

'Ground for concern'

The judge said Mr Al-Jeffery was also refusing to let his daughter go to the British Consulate in Jeddah .

He added: “Provisionally there is a lot of ground for concern about her.”

Miss Al-Jeffery left Swansea and moved to Saudi Arabia with her family four years ago.

The judge has heard that her mother and siblings are back in South Wales.

Neither Miss Al-Jeffery nor her father are at the High Court hearing.

Calls have also been made by Swansea West MP Geraint Davies for Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to “secure Amina's right to liberty” if her father did not comply with the court order.