‘Anxious’ mother issues plea to find daughter, 14, missing for nearly a week

Hanna Balcer has ties to West London (Picture: Metropolitan Police Service)

A teenage girl has been missing for nearly a week, with her ‘anxious’ mother issuing an urgent plea for her to come home.

Hanna Balcer, 14, left her home near New Barnet, north London, on April 24.

She was last spotted at around 5.50pm at New Barnet Rail Station, which has connections to London and Hertfordshire.

The schoolgirl, who is described as 5ft 5ins with brown hair, was wearing a dark tracksuit and black trainers and carrying a black rucksack.

Police believe she may be travelling across the capital and has links to Barnet as well as Shepherd’s Bush and Ladbroke Grove in west London.

Hanna’s mum, Izabela, said, the family are ‘beside themselves with worry’.

‘We urgently need the public’s help to find her,’ she said.

‘Please take a look at these images we are making public today and reach out to the police if you have seen Hanna or have information about her whereabouts.

‘Hanna, if you’re out there reading this, then please pick up the phone.

‘Your family loves you and we are anxious to make sure you’re all right.’

Police say there is no suggestion the girl is in any danger.

Detective Inspector Mark Young said: ‘Hanna’s disappearance is completely out of character and her family are understandably incredibly concerned.

‘Local officers have been carrying out a number of enquiries in an effort to trace her and we are now turning to the public for help. Please get in touch if you have seen Hanna.

‘While there is no suggestion she has come to any harm or is in any immediate danger, as time passes we are growing increasingly concerned for her welfare and just want to bring her home safely.’

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