41.   Their lawyer, Vincent Todd, said the couple fled because they had been threatened by social service workers with losing custody of their children because of the allegations.

42.   They had lost custody when Ms. Atkinson changed her mind and wanted the baby back.

43.   Allwood lost custody of her son to her husband earlier this month.

44.   Allwood, from the central English town of Solihull, lost custody of her son to her husband earlier this month.

45.   She lost custody of her son to her first husband last month.

46.   She lost custody of her son to her first husband earlier this month.

47.   She lost custody of her son to her husband earlier this month.

48.   The justices suggested they would not rule the same way if Brooks simply had lost custody of her children.