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Found: Pensioner with dementia, 82, who went missing from Highbury in bare feet

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Jon Dean

Published: 12:59 PM August 22, 2014    Updated: 8:00 PM October 15, 2020
Maria Andreou, 82

Maria Andreou, 82 - Credit: Archant

An 82-year woman who went missing in bare feet in the early hours of Wednesday morning has been found safe and well.

A search for Maria Andreou, who suffers Alzheimer’s and Dementia, had been ongoing since she was last seen in Highbury Quadrant, Highbury, at about 4am on August 20.

But this morning she was found by police.

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