All is set for the trial of a Roma couple who were alleged to have kidnapped a little girl in Greece, CEOAFRICA.com gathered.

4-year-old Maria was found during a raid on a Roma camp in central Greece last week, when the DNA tests showed that the girl is not related to the couple.

Maria is being cared for in Athens by a charity, called The Smile of the Child, which has received more than 8,000 calls after an appeal for information.

The couple are due to appear before judges later on Monday to answer charges of abducting a minor and holding false papers.

The Roma community where the girl was found has rallied around the couple, saying they looked after her well, eventhough they claimed Maria was legitimately given to them by her mother when she could no longer cater for her.

But the couple is suspected by social workers of kidnapping the girl and sending her out to beg, or involving her in a sex ring.