Named only as Milan L. by the Slovak media, he convinced the girl to get into a taxi with him on her way to school before taking her abroad.
Under Slovakian law, a minor travelling with someone who is not their parent would require a document signed by their parents, guardian, or legal representative(s) authorising their travel under the given circumstances.
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When the alarm was raised by her parents, the girl was tracked down by Interpol to the man’s home in Edinburgh.
The girl was returned to Slovakia by a social worker via the country’s Department of Social and Legal Protection of Children and Social Guardianship.
In January the man was sentenced to two years in prison for the abduction, which was raised to three after he appealed and is currently serving his sentence in Leopoldov.
However, according to the girl’s father he has continued to contact her from his prison cell.
He told Krimi with Kristína Kövešová: “From a human point of view, I think he deserves more. Of course, I don’t know how it is from a legal point of view. But I think that such a person should receive a greater punishment. From my point of view, it is also to his disadvantage that he obviously wants to continue with all this.
“He called her several times to try and get in touch with her. Since it didn’t work out for him, he even wrote her a letter. He tries to convince her that he is the caring one.
“Once he gets out of prison he’ll simply keep doing it, he hasn’t realised he did something wrong and has to stop.”
The TV channel broadcast the letters he had attempted to send, one of which allegedly said: “You know I still love you. If you ever have a friend or a boyfriend be careful about everything.”