Mother who denied son cancer treatment says 'spirit has been crushed'

Ms Roberts, a New Zealander living in Brighton, East Sussex, appeared on the television show ahead of a documentary, You're Killing My Son:The Mum Who Went On The Run, which will be shown on Channel 4 tonight.

Following the ruling, Ms Roberts and her son disappeared but were found four days later.

Ms Roberts told Daybreak she still believed that there were alternative treatments for her son which would not have such a damaging effect on him.

She said: "I think his co-ordination and his spirit have been crushed. He's very much feeling pretty rubbish."

She said that although doctors have told her Neon is doing well, she found it a "strange description".

She said: "He's hiding away from the world, always building dens around himself.

"The treatment itself is a carcinogenic immuno-suppressor for salt on the body. There are a multitude of other treatments out there.

"I have mentioned before the proton therapy for less invasive treatment. That does not do nearly as much damage to the surrounding tissue. It is more targeted, more localised, and does not do the whole brain."

Ms Roberts said she felt she and her son had been railroaded into the treatment offered by the NHS and there were other medical experts out there who could help.

She said: "I was contacted by a proton therapy expert from the States who was willing to take him (Neon) on."

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