Devastating and deeply upsetting

A HEARTBROKEN mother has hit a brick wall in her battle to get her two abducted sons returned from Egypt.

- BY JOHN KIERANS

It is now three years since Mandy Kelly spoke to her beloved boys Zayn, seven, and four-year-old Kareem since they were taken by their father while on a family holiday in Cairo.

There is no sign of her ordeal ending with the continued failure of the Egyptian authorities to locate her former husband and her kids even though they were given an address where they were staying.

A court in Cairo also ruled she should have custody but her mother-in-law is appealing that decision and the case won't be heard until October.

Mandy's misery was compounded when Zayn celebrated his birthday and she couldn't even speak to him.

The Dundalk, Co Louth native said: "I haven't seen or heard from my sons in three years.

"Zayn has now celebrated three birthdays in a row without me. It is devastating and deeply upsetting.

DENIAL

"My former partner continues to be officially deemed unlocatable by the Egyptian authorities, despite being known to reside with the applicant in the case.