GOPAUL Goodridge, 13, has been reported missing by his mother, Olivia Goodridge.

She said he left their Lot 268 Grassfield, Lusignan, East Coast Demerara home last week Wednesday to do an errand in Georgetown but has not returned since.

She said, on three previous occasions, he absconded but went back home soon after.

However, this time, he has been begging in his school uniform and was seen in a Kitty game shop.

The woman said she received a telephone call on Friday night, after her son had been sighted at a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) outlet on Vlissengen Road, also in the city and went on a futile search for him.

xI have had some difficulties with the boy,x she confessed, but said she wants him to return home, as she is not well and has to care for three other children while his father is at sea.