GREEK police are poised to reopen the hunt for Ben Needham, 18 years after the Sheffield toddler disappeared from the island of Kos.
Officials at the Greek Ministry of Justice and Interior have pledged to follow up any new leads in the case of Ben, who was 21 months old when he vanished from outside a farmhouse in July 1991 while being looked after by his grandparents.
His mum
Kerry, who was 19 when he went missing, has never given up hope of finding him and has compiled a file of new information which is being studied by police.
The dossier claims the Kos police failed to question a woman seen in a white car around the time of Ben's disappearance and that the investigation was flawed in other ways.
Euro MP Edward McMillan-Scott, who has been helping Kerry, said: "I think there is a very good chance indeed that the police will have to reopen the case.
"A car was seen on the day Ben disappeared containing certain individuals who have never been questioned by police. A least one of these individuals is still in Kos.
"It has been well documented that the police failed to search the port in time to stop Ben being taken off the island and that they thought Ben's family were in some way responsible, which cost precious hours.
"The information about the white car is compelling and cannot
be ignored."
Kerry, 37, from Ecclesfield, has never given up searching for her son and got in touch with the MEP after seeing him on TV with the McCanns following the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine.
After finding out from a former Kos police officer that a crucial witness had never been questioned and was still on the island, she approached the MEP for help four months ago.
Kerry, who also has a 15-year-old daughter Leighanna, said: "I want a new inquiry because Ben's disappearance was never looked at properly. Island police officers did what they could at the time with the knowledge they had, but they were used to dealing with petty tourist crimes.
"Never a day goes by when I don't think about Ben and I will keep on fighting."
Police initially thought Ben had been murdered but no body has ever been found. Since his disappearance there have been more than 200 sightings of boys thought to be him.
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