'Granddad, I am coming straight home': What 'frightened to death' mother who was 'in a hell of a state' after going missing with her boy, four, in Turkey told family when she learned she was subject of international search

  • Young George Jack Temperley-Wells was thought to have gone from Darlington
  • His mother, Brogan Elizabeth Temperley, also made the journey on June 29
  • Brogan's grandparents said she had no idea of the 'rumpus' she had caused
  • They are likely to have spent time with his father, Scott Nigel Wells, in Turkey
  • Police said they had been found safe and well and gone back to their home 

The family of a four-year-old British boy and his mother who went missing after travelling to Turkey have spoke of their relief after both were found safe and well.

George Jack Temperley-Wells is believed to have travelled to Antalya with mum Brogan Elizabeth Temperley on June 29 this year before both vanished. They are likely to have spent time with his father, 41-year-old Scott Nigel Wells, while in Turkey. 

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Brogan's grandparents Maureen, 78, and George, a retired Royal Navy diver and businessman 85, who lived alongside their granddaughter near Darlington, County Durham, had been desperately waiting for news of their loved ones.

They revealed she had no idea of the 'rumpus' she had caused and was catching the next flight home.

Retired Royal Navy diver and businessman George said: She got the shock of her life when she read about this.

She said 'Grandad I am coming straight home'. She was frightened to death by the publicity and in a hell of a state. She said 'Have you seen the news grandpa? What the hell is happening?'

George Jack Temperley-Wells travelled from Darlington to the Antalya area with his mother, Brogan Elizabeth Temperley, on June 29 this year

'I told her "You have caused a right rumpus. What are you going to do?" She said "I am coming straight home".

'I did not even ask her where she was or what she had been doing. She just said "I coming straight home grandpa because this has really frightened me".

'She cannot understand why anyone would think the boy is in danger. It is ridiculous. There was never any chance of that bairn coming to harm.

'She idolises him. He is with her 24 hours a day when they are at home, I can tell you that. Someone had been in touch with her to tell her she was in the news.

'We did not even discuss what she had been doing because she was in such a hurry to get home as soon as possible.

'Thank God it is all finished now. She is my favourite granddaughter. I know her like the back of my hand. There is now way she would put George in danger.

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George Jack Temperley-Wells travelled from Darlington to the Antalya area with his mother

'I was worried to death to tell you the truth. But I knew she would be okay. She is not back in Britain yet but she has booked straightway to come home.'

Mr Temperley said his daughter met George's dad, who is English, when he was living in Darlington and she was working at a local estate agents but they had a very unhappy relationship and split up before George was born, with Mr Wells moving out of the area.

Shortly after becoming a mum, Brogan began having problems with drugs, her father said. He added: 'The baby has to be taken off her while she went into rehab and was in care for about a year. She was allowed to visit and every time she saw him she was heart broken.'

After Brogan received treatment for her problems mother and son were reunited - and have been inseparable ever since, Mr Temperley added.

He continued: 'She absolutely doted on him. Everywhere she went he went, except when he was at nursery playing with his friends.'

The grandfather said he had provided his daughter with a property he owned in the area and he and his wife Maureen visited regularly to see their granddaughter and great grandson.

His mother, Brogan, is 28 and wasdescribed as slim build with long, dark hair and dark eyes

But he had not seen either of them for two months, when she told him she was heading down to see friends in the Midlands, where the family used to live and where she grew up.

Mr Temperley said: 'We had no idea she was in Turkey or that her ex partner was in Turkey until all this came up. Her friends were stunned.'

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He added: 'I have never met this fellow Wells and wish she had never met him. They were very bad for each other. If I was still boxing I would knock him out.'

He claimed Mr Wells had never supported the mother of his child and it was her grandparents who had looked after her accommodation.

'I cannot believe she would have gone to Turkey so he could spend time with his son. In fact, I don't believe it. There must be some other explanation.'

Grandmother Maureen said: 'We love her to bits but she is driving us nuts not knowing where she is. We are a very close family.

'Her and Mr Wells have not been in a relationship for years so we have not got a clue why she would go to Turkey to see him.'

Mr Temperley said his son Richard, Brogan's father, had been subject to very bad health and died earlier this year age 57.

He added Richard had been separated from Brogan's mother for a long time and that Brogan had very little contact with her.

The little boy is pictured with his father 41-year-old Scott Nigel Wells in images recently

They were not aware of what Mr Wells did for a living and had no idea what he was doing in Turkey, They believed he had another child by a different relationship.

This afternoon Durham Police said: George and his mother have been located safe and well and have returned to the UK, where they are receiving appropriate support.

'Our appeal was seen by hundreds of thousands of people across the world, so we would like to thank every single one of you who shared it and provided information to assist – we really do appreciate your help.' 

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His mother, Brogan, is 28 and was described as slim build with long, dark hair and dark eyes in the initial appeal.

George had been last seen in the Marina area of Antalya, in Turkey, where two of these pictures were taken.

Police had serious concerns for his welfare and need to urgently locate George and speak with his mother. 

Anyone who is in contact with her had been asked to encourage her to contact the authorities in Turkey or the UK immediately to confirm her whereabouts and/or seek assistance to return home.

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