Mum of missing toddler Ben Needham gives Jay Slater message after DNA twist

The mother of a toddler who went missing more than 30 years ago is anxiously awaiting the results of a DNA test from a man claiming to be her long-lost son.

Ben Needham was just 21 months old when he went missing on the Greek island of Kos in 1991. The toddler was last seen playing outside a derelict farmhouse on the island.

His parents have searched the globe looking for their boy. With the 33rd anniversary of Ben's disappearance approaching on Wednesday (July 24), his mum Kerry is waiting to see if a stranger could be her son - for the third time this year.

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A man from Denmark has claimed his grandparents have told him he was taken from Kos, and is insisting his parents have refused to deny these claims. The man says he was hidden for years and remembers 25 years ago going to a market and someone shouting "Ben" at him. He claims he was then kept in a caravan, reports the Mirror.

But Kerry, 51, from Sheffield, says she can never get her hopes up, having been in this position multiple times. She said: "This man is looking for his real family and he has given Danish police a sample of his DNA, which South Yorkshire Police are trying to get hold of via Interpol to do a comparison with Ben's."

The stranger's DNA samples will be compared with a blood sample taken from when Ben was born at Boston Hospital in Lincolnshire, for the routine Guthrie heel-prick test.

The mother also said she feels the pain of Jay Slater's family and warns trolls of the further damage they are causing. The 19-year-old was found dead in Tenerife earlier this week after a month-long search for him. After watching on as they followed in her footsteps, Kerry told how her "heart