Roehampton woman on the run from police with two daughters 'is a great mum'

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A teenager whose mother has been on the run from police with his two younger sisters for five days today described her as a “great mum”.

Angela Kelly, 46, is thought to have sought refuge in a woodland camp as she continues to evade authorities who she claims want to take the two girls into care “against their will”.

She was last seen in Camberley, Surrey, on Sunday night after apparently taking the children from a care home where they had been placed the previous evening. Police and social services are growing increasingly concerned for their welfare.

Mother-of-four Ms Kelly’s eldest son Raymond Kelly, 16, today told the Standard: “When we last spoke she told me she’s safe, but that was so long ago now and she hasn’t been picking up the phone. I’m worried for all of them, but she’s always been a great mother to us and I’m sure she’s doing her best to protect the girls.”

Ms Kelly posted a series of messages on Facebook before disappearing with her daughters Shanti Harbourne, 12, and Maya-Rose Kelly-Johnson, five, claiming they were being “held against their will by the state”.

Shanti and Maya-Rose have not been seen since Sunday
Metropolitan Police

She is believed to have tracked the girls to a foster home in Farnborough hours after they had been placed there and carried them away in their pyjamas.

Raymond added: “I really don’t want my family being separated. It would totally destroy my sisters.

“You should hear the way Shanti and Rosie talk about my mum. They love her to bits and so do I, we’re an amazing family. I think they are being pursued unnecessarily. I just want my family to stay together. As long as my sisters are with their mum then there can be a happy ending to this.”

It was reported today that Ms Kelly, who lives in Roehampton and has another older daughter, may have been given survival tips by former MI5 spy David Shayler.

The homeless whistleblower, who suffered a breakdown in 2009 and was pictured dressed as a transvestite using the name Delores Kane, is reported to have moved into her home two weeks ago and has been helping in her custody battle.

Miss Kelly’s sister Suzie Kelly, 44, told the Standard: “I haven’t had any contact with her but we are all desperate for them to come back home.

“We are all so worried about her and the girls. It’s an insanely stressful time for the whole family — we are just waiting by the phone for news.”

Ms Kelly’s former partner Richard Harborne, Shanti’s father, said she had spent time living in communes in west London in the past and he feared she had taken the children to live with “hippies in the woods”.

Scotland Yard said it is becoming “increasingly concerned” for the children.

Anyone with information should call Wandsworth police 020 3276 2554 or the non-emergency line on 101.

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