‘Help get my son home from Qatar’ pleads mother

Ms Jones (above), who is originally from Sheffield, lives in Bahrain and makes regular visits to her son, who now lives with his father’s relatives. Adam’s father, Jamal Al Madhaiki, died in a motorcycle accident in 2005.

Adam was 10 when he was allegedly seized by his relatives during a visit with his mother to the family in Qatar in 2009. Ms Jones says she was tricked into giving up Adam, who is now 13, by the family of her late husband, from whom she was divorced.

She says Adam is now “virtually imprisoned”.

It’s been three years that he’s been suffering. I can’t stand back and do nothing. Rebecca Jones

Mrs Jones said she met Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt and other officials, where they discussed how to help her regain custody of her son.

In recent weeks she has called on Prime Minister David Cameron to intervene, and she said they agreed to follow up a letter he had written to the prime minister of Qatar, which has not been answered.

She said Mr Burt also planned to request a meeting with the Qatari ambassador to the UK, while they were also going to contact the British ambassador in the Gulf nation.

Mrs Jones spends thousands of pounds a month flying back and forth between Qatar and Bahrain so she can be nearer her son, but is only able to see him during strictly supervised visits.

She said she had no choice but to go public with their plight as she needs to get as much publicity as she can. She added: “I think David Cameron could play a key part in this as the more authority and power I can get behind me, the more they (the authorities in Qatar) are going to listen.

“Prime minister to prime minister is going to have a much bigger impact than just me as his mum. It’s been three years that he’s been suffering, I can’t stand back and do nothing.”

To find out more on the story, click through to Rebecca Jones’ website Bring Adam Home.