'Utterly irresponsible' mother went on run with three-year-old son

A judge has branded a mother who went on the run with her three-year-old son after becoming embroiled in a bitter custody battle with the boy’s father “utterly irresponsible”.

Judge Stephen Wildblood QC said that if everyone behaved like Rebecca Minnock there would be “anarchy” as he criticised the 35-year-old and her family for trying to “manipulate the press” – insisting it was “her choice” to go on the run.