Mel B's daughter Pheonix Chi has filed a battery police report against her father Jimmy Gulzar after he refused to return her to her mother.

Pheonix was said to be terrified when her father would not let Mel's new husband Stephen Belafonte collect her from his house in October and the 12-year-old subsequently reported him to the police for battery. 

A source the Daily Mirror: "This whole situation defies belief - it is shocking and, for poor Pheonix, utterly heartbreaking. When Stephen got to the house to collect Pheonix, he wouldn't give her back forcing Stephen to call the police."

"When the cops arrived they informed Jimmy he was legally required to return his daughter otherwise he would face a charge of kidnapping."

Jimmy is expected to answer to the charges in December.

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