Terrified boy, 11, who pleaded Cameron for help after being snatched by his father's family is still in the Middle East a year on: Why has he not been saved?

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Terrified boy, 11, who pleaded Cameron for help after being snatched by his father's family is still in the Middle East a year on: Why has he not been saved?

Last updated at 11:16 AM on 9th July 2011

My name is Adam. I'm 11 years old and need your help. I've been kidnapped by my uncle. I feel so scared...This heart-rending message from a little British boy, stolen from his mother and held captive in the Middle East, was smuggled to David Cameron A YEAR AGO. So why has he not been freed?

At first glance, the dark-haired figure in the video clip appears more like a terrified hostage pleading for his life than a British schoolboy begging to be reunited with his mother.

With desperation etched on his tired face, 12-year-old Adam Jones cries out: ‘Someone out there please help me. I’m alone and I have no idea what to do. It’s terrifying. Terrifying. I’m scared and I need help. Please, I’m begging. Please help me.’

Then there is the handwritten letter — composed in secret and smuggled out in the hope that there was one man who could help set him free: David Cameron. ‘Dear Prime Minister,’ it begins in childish script. ‘I need your help. I was kidnapped by my uncle . . . My life is very bad and not fun because of him. I want to live with my Mum. I do not want to be in a prison. I am terrified and scared. Please please help me.’