Further investigations are planned for child whose mother took him into hiding to avoid treatment

The mother of a 7 year old boy who sparked a High Court action when she refused to allow him to have radiotherapy after surgery for a brain tumour has said that she will allow the treatment if his cancer has returned.

Sally Roberts, a New Zealander who was living in Devon, went into hiding with her son Neon, triggering a nationwide search before they were found in Sussex. Doctors said that he should have chemotherapy …