frightened

"I’m hoping he’ll be used as a bargaining chip, but my son told me they torture their prisoners and I’m so frightened he’ll be tortured."

Alison told magistrates she was frightened of her son, now 15, who was abusive towards her.

"Of course, the thought of being separated leaves one frightened."

"But Callum said 'dad, I'm not frightened of bullies and what's going on in Ukraine is awful and someone needs to stand up for these people'."

"I actually ran from the car, but it was the racism and the hate in the guy's face that really frightened me," she said.