THE family and friends of missing mum Lisa Brown continued their appeals over Christmas for help in finding the Alexandria woman.

Lisa disappeared on November 4 from her home in Andalucia in Spain, close to the border with Gibraltar. The 32-year-old was meant to collect her eight8-year-old son Marco from school, but failed to turn up.

Speaking to the Reporter, Lisa’s sister Helen Jordan thanked the public on behalf of the family for their support, saying: “We managed to scrape through Christmas. I but it is unbelievable the messages of support we have received, we are so grateful.”

The Dumbarton woman also took the opportunity to appeal to Simon Corner, a man Lisa was linked with before her disappearance, to help answer their questions.

She said: “If you have nothing to hide, then come forward. We just want to find out what happened to Lisa – that’s all we want.”

Lisa’s son Marco and his dad Tony Tomillero are spending time over the festive period in Dumbarton with Lisa’s family. Helen added: “It is bitter-sweet having Marco here, but he is keeping us going”.

A few days after Christmas, Lisa’s ex-partner Tony posted a moving message on a Facebook page which was set up by Helen and has close to 26,000 members.

He said: “In your home town Lisa, with our wee man... I know he keeps looking for you!”

Lisa’s best friend from school, Emma Campbell, was among others to post messages on Christmas Eve.

Spanish police have been trying to locate Corner, who Lisa was in a relationship with. It’s believed he that he left Spain for Thailand shortly after giving them a statement.

Jacqui Bush, a friend of Lisa’s, took the opportunity on Christmas Day to send an open letter to Corner via Facebook, pleading with Corner to hand himself in to the Spanish authorities.

The letter concludes: “I am asking you to look deep inside yourself and see if there is an ounce of decency left in you. Hand yourself in and help the police with their enquiries. It's time to talk, it's Christmas Day and So many people are desperate for news of Lisa. Andsomewhere there is an eight-year-old boywho you know very well, waiting for his mummy...”

Corner, who reportedly also goes under the name Dean Woods, has issued statements via a legal representative withho has offices in Spain, Portugal and Thailand. In the statement, Jason Coghlan, the founder of law company JaCogLaw, revealed that Corner had already provided a witness statement to police prior to departing Spain and claims he is unable to assist the police further. He added that if an arrest warrant was issued or a formal request was made then he would advise Corner “to return to Spain and cooperate fully”.

Coghlan is an ex-convict who escaped from the dock during an armed robbery trial. His company specialises in putting British 'foreigners' facing legal proceedings in touch with good Spanish lawyers.