‘No one listened’: mother of Cheshire boy kidnapped by father says she warned authorities

Ibrahim Faraj with his mother, Ranem Elkhalidi. Photograph: Supplied

A woman whose seven-year-old son was kidnapped by his father and taken to Saudi Arabia has said she repeatedly warned authorities it would happen but “no one listened”.

Ranem Elkhalidi has not seen or spoken to Ibrahim Faraj since November, when he was abducted by his father, Hamzah Faraj, in breach of a court order.