Mum of vanished tot’s justice hopes for the Mccanns
Kerry Needham, and little Ben missing for nearly 29 years
THE mum of missing Ben Needham is heartbroken for the Mccanns but says the incredible breakthrough could “bring them justice”.
Ben was just 21 months old when he vanished on the Greek isle of Kos nearly 29 years ago.
Mum Kerry’s hopes of finding his body were raised in recent years by two huge searches of the island – only to be dashed again.
Kerry, 47, from Sheffield, said the Mccanns will have horrific mixed feelings about the latest developments.
Kerry said: “You have to prepare yourself for the worst possible outcome, that your child’s dead.
“But it could stop those constant questions in your head, which make you feel like you’re going to explode.
“That’s the worst thing, the not knowing what happened and where your child is. It torments you and tortures you.”
Kerry, who has grandchildren Hermione, six, and Aurora, two, said: “The wait for news is sickening. I waited for the police to find his tiny bones, which they never did. That was devastating to digest.”
She doubts that Madeleine is still alive and said: “To find out a sexual predator is behind it, is something I can’t even have in my head.
“You’ve imagined they had been brought up in a nice family somewhere. That’s what kept me going, that Ben was alive and well and happy. But if they’ve got this guy there is a chance he could tell them where Madeleine is. If he doesn’t at least they know that somebody’s behind bars for it.
“We will never have that. Nobody will ever be punished for what happened to Ben, not even people who lied and covered it up.”
She said if Brueckner snatched Madeleine he must tell them where her body is, if the family are going to get any peace.
Kerry hopes one day she will get the final answers, too. In October 2012 a mound of soil in front of a farmhouse where Ben was last seen playing was dug up. In September 2016 British police returned to the island when a witness said a digger driver had confessed years earlier to a possible accident involving the boy.
Decomposed blood was found and a toy car, thought to be Ben’s, was discovered at a second site. But neither were her little boy’s.
The Needham case received £1.2million, unlike the Mccann’s £12million Government funding.
Kerry believes with better funding the digger driver could have been interviewed by British police before he died in 2015.
Kerry said: “It is frustrating for me and my family and my situation. We should have been allowed the same access to finances.
“But it’s not too late. There are people on that island who lied in their police statements and know what happened. They should be made to talk.”
To not know where your child is... it torments you and tortures you KERRY ON NOT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED TO BEN