EXCLUSIVE - Mother on the run with her toddler son dramatically hands herself in after the Mail persuades her to contact the police and tearfully says: 'It wasn't fair to Ethan. He just had to go home'

rebecca Minnock, the mother on the run with her young son, dramatically handed herself in last night after the Daily Mai persuaded her to contact police. Miss Minnock, 35, surrendered after 17 days hiding out in the Thames Valley area and said: 'My time has run out.' Miss Minnock (pictured right with Ethan) fled her home in Highbridge, Somerset, with Ethan more than two weeks ago following a court order that he should live with his father, Roger Williams (inset with his son). But speaking just moments before she gave herself in (left and centre), she tearfully defended her decision to flee with three-year-old Ethan, saying she would always cherish the time they had spent together.