'Scared' parents welcome court's decision to continue detention of severely anorexic son

"Once we have hope, it’s great," she said.

The parents of a young man with severe anorexia have welcomed a judge's decision to continue their son's detention in a specialist eating disorder facility in the UK which, the High Court heard, may have saved his life.

The man's mother said he is a "fine young man" but the parents are "scared", if he did not remain a ward of court, which would permit his detention in the UK unit where he had made an "unbelievable improvment", there could be a relapse which could be fatal.