A Case of International Parental Abduction

The charity Forever Searching is currently highlighting the case of Ken Renoops, asking for as many people as possible to support his case by writing to their MP.  I am copying the suggested format for this letter below in the hope that visitors here can help too.  I believe the letter clearly explains the shocking situation Ken is in and highlights the legal and financial problems that accompany it.  If you can help, thank you very much on his behalf…

Dear xxxx

Ken Spooner is a British national, he is a law abiding citizen, and he is also a loving father to two little boys, Devlan 4 and Caelan who is 2. Both of these children are British nationals.

For the last 18 months Ken has been fighting the fight of his life, a fight that has cost him in excess of £150 000 in travel expenses, legal costs and lost earnings.

In October of 2008, Zanetta Nyendwa, a Zambian national, and Ken’s former girlfriend and mother of his two sons, took their two boys on, on what she described as a holiday to her home land, Zambia. She phoned Ken, the day after her arrival to advise that she was not returning to the UK.

The British High Court issued an order for the Children’s return to the UK; Ken had to travel to Zambia to execute it. The order was successful, and Ken was given permission to take the children home, however when Ken and the children arrived at Lusaka International Airport, they were met by Zanetta and her lawyers. The children were taken from Ken and handed over to Zanetta, with the help of the Zambian police.

On the 16th June, the Zambian Supreme Court, set aside the English order, that Ken Spooner wanted registered and enforced in Zambia, effectively dismissing the English High Court Ruling.

Ken is still being denied access to his sons, he is faced with returning to Britain without his two British children and furthermore, as the Zambian Court has dismissed the English Order, he will not be able to return to Zambia for 12 months once his visa expires next week.

The net result of this, as is usually the case where countries ignore court orders, is that these two British children will be lost to their Father and their Homeland indefinitely.

I hereby respectfully ask that assistance is afforded to Mr Spooner via the British Consulate in Lusaka who are aware of him and his and the boys plight.

I look forward to hearing from you, on how you will be taking this issue forward.

Kind Regards