22 Nov 2011

Children's bodies found in Turkey

10:20 am on 22 November 2011

Two children from England have been discovered dead in Turkey.

The bodies of Yaanis Mellersh, eight, and Mira, six, and their German mother Elke Mellersh, 45, were found in the seaside town of Soke on Friday.

The children were supposed to be in the custody of their father, Justin Mellersh, 46, in Germany. His family live near Lyndhurst in the New Forest.

They were reported missing in 2010. The BBC reports their mother has been wanted in Germany on suspicion of child abduction for nearly two years.

The bodies were found in a farmhouse in Soke.

Yaanis and Mira were last seen at Hepstedt near Bremen in Germany in February 2010.

They grew up in the New Forest before moving to Germany with their parents.