By Mark Duell for MailOnline
Published: 14:04 GMT, 4 January 2019 | Updated: 16:30 GMT, 4 January 2019
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A woman who went missing with her three-year-old son has insisted she had 'no other choice' to give him a 'semblance of a childhood with his mum'.
Ellie Yarrow-Sanders, 26, of Basildon, Essex, disappeared with Olly Sheridan six months ago and has insisted she will 'never let any harm come' to him.
Miss Yarrow-Sanders disappeared with Olly in July a few weeks before she was due to give evidence in a 'critical' family court hearing, according to lawyers.
Ellie Yarrow-Sanders, 26, disappeared six months ago with her son Olly Sheridan (lef, together) - and the boy's father Patrick Sheridan (right, with Olly) has begged them to come out of hiding
Miss Yarrow-Sanders denied causing her son 'emotional harm' in the letter (pictured above)
The note, in which she denied causing her son 'emotional harm', said: 'This letter is for you to understand why I've had to do what I've done.
'It's for you to show to the police and the court to explain myself. This is the only thing I could do for Olly to have any semblance of a childhood with his mum.
'I'm really sorry to leave you all but we have no other choice and I promise we will be OK! I will never let any harm come to Olly.'
The letter was first published online last year but has only just come to light as her estranged partner Patrick Sheridan, 45, renewed an appeal for information.
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