He also picked out from police photographs the woman who tricked him and a man known as Lao Fang, a nickname meaning "Old Fang," the foreman who beat him and the other workers.

They found out that their boyfriend/girlfriend is dating their step-father; they were abducted by aliens; someone always steals all of the money in their account; etc.

Figures from Reunite show that since 1995, the number of children abducted from Britain and taken to another country has risen by 93%.

Insure your child does not have their name on their backpack, etc., as this would enable a potential abductor to call out to the child by name.

There were 336 cases of child abduction reported to authorities in the UK in 2008, an increase of 20% on 2005 figures.