Home-alone boy kept his dilemma secret

A BOY who fended for himself for 12 days when his mother went missing covered up her absence when a close friend came to visit.

Jill Parker, 53, has not been seen since she left the home she shared with her son Rufus Pollak, 12, in Battersea, south west London, two weeks ago.

Rufus, fed, clothed and took himself to school until police were alerted to his mother’s disappearance on Thursday by a colleague concerned about her whereabouts.