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| Missing mother Rebecca Minnock and son Ethan found safe | |
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| A mother and her three-year-old son have been found safe and well two weeks after going missing, police have said. | A mother and her three-year-old son have been found safe and well two weeks after going missing, police have said. |
| Rebecca Minnock, 35, from Somerset, fled with her son Ethan following a court ruling that the boy should live with his father. | |
| Avon and Somerset police said Ms Minnock handed herself in "in the Oxford area". | Avon and Somerset police said Ms Minnock handed herself in "in the Oxford area". |
| Ms Minnock and her son "will now receive the support they need," police added. | |
| Det Ch Insp Marie Wright said: "This is the news we had been hoping for and I am grateful to Becky for coming forward." | |
| Grandmother jailed | |
| The pair disappeared from Highbridge, Somerset, on 27 May, the day a court ruled he should live with his father. | |
| Ms Minnock has been engaged in a two-year legal battle with Ethan's father Roger Williams over contact with their son. | |
| Earlier on Friday, Ethan's grandmother was sentenced to 10 days in prison for lying in court about the pair's disappearance. | |
| Louise Minnock, 52, was convicted of contempt of court for hiding the fact they were driven to Cheltenham. | |
| The driver, Andrew Butt, was jailed for the maximum 28 days for contempt. | |
| Butt, Louise Minnock's partner, told Judge Stephen Wildblood QC at Bristol Crown Court he had lied about his role in events. |