article_snippet.sent: The scenes of the girl's forced return caused widespread outcry, particularly as Their mother portrayed the cruelty of the Dad, and the girls -  then aged nine to 14 years old - frightened and distraught.
article_snippet.sent: Flashback to 2012: particularly as the girls' mother portrayed the cruelty of the Dad, and the girls -  then aged nine to 14 years old - frightened and distraught were the heartbreaking scenes of a family being torn apart when four young sisters were dragged kicking and screaming from four young sisters 's Sunshine Coast home in the middle of the night the night and forced onto a plan back to their abusive father in Italy .
article_snippet.sent: That was in 2012 and it seemed unbelievable to many Australians who watched the scenes play out that the girls were legally being returned to the girls Italian father as approved under Italian law.
article_snippet.sent: the girls miss Australia and the girls mother, but appear happy and calm in contrast to the dramatic and hysterical scenes in which the girls were removed from Australian in late 2012 .
article_snippet.sent: The dramatic turn in the lives of the girls began in 2010, when the girls left Italy ostensibly just for  month's holiday back in Australia, with the girls mother's family on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.
article_snippet.sent: Now aged twelve to 17, the young women behave in complete contrast to the screaming, hysterical girls captured on camera in 2012.
article_snippet.sent: Just a day after being taken to the young women father's villa on the outskirts of Florence, the two older girls were filmed running to the front gates when the two older girls saw media camped outside and pleaded for reporters to help the two older girls return to Australia.
highlights_snippet.sent: The distressing scenes shown on TV caused hysteria and concern .
  