Children made wards of court

Julie Moore, the former wife of an escaped prisoner who snatched their two children, yesterday appealed to the public to help her find them. The move came as David Moore, six, and his sister Clare, four, were made wards of court, making it illegal to take them from the country.

The two were snatched from Grimsby on Saturday after their father, James Moore, 35, absconded from Everthorpe prison, North Humberside, where he was serving eight years in connection with an earlier abduction of the children.

Moore, who is with his wife, Trina, 26, and her children Rachel, eight, and Scott, six, is described as dangerous.