Digger driver’s family ‘to sue’ missing Ben’s mum

The family of a Greek digger driver who police believe is responsible for toddler Ben Needham’s death on Kos are reportedly taking legal action against his mother after she said she hoped he was “burning in hell”.

Konstantinos “Dinos” Barkas’s children say Kerry Needham has sullied the name of their father who died from stomach cancer last year.

Police believe he crushed 21-monthold Ben to death with his digger in a construction accident in 1991. His daughter Maria Tsechou told

The Times: “We can’t have people walking up to us, to our children in the future, asking ‘Was your father or grandfather a murderer?’”