Neon Roberts: mother believes life-saving cancer treatment is 'out of date' She has battled to prevent the conventional treatment because she believed the medical research is flawed. She also fears that the side effects of the treatment will leave Neon disabled and has sought alternative medical opinion from around the world. In contrast, Mr Roberts, an IT consultant, from Knightsbridge, west London, supports doctors" arguments that Neon should receive the treatment for a brain tumour. Surgeons say that without it, Neon will die within three months. Mrs Robert's objections to a second operation this week were overruled by the judge. That seven-hour operation has been deemed an early success after MRI scans appeared to show that the tumour had been removed completely. Today, the court heard the couple had "lost confidence" in each other. Sally Bradley, for Mr Roberts, accused Mrs Roberts, a former leading DJ, of keeping her husband in the dark about her actions. These included going into hiding, missing four hospital appointments and releasing pictures of Neon and their daughter to the media without his permission. Mrs Bradley said that during the appeal process a doctor put forward by Mrs Roberts admitted that "internet" based research was dangerous. "[Neon] will not survive this disease, if he doesn't have his radiotherapy and chemotherapy, whatever the mother has read or listened to, or blogged or whatever," said "Doctor X," who ended up agreeing with Neon's treating surgeons. Parents who are susceptible to this sort of stuff, will get hooked on it very very easily. But actually it doesn't make sense. This boy has a malignant disease and he will die... unless sombody get his hands on him and treats him. Told that her husband had "lost some confidence" in her, Mrs Roberts replied: "I have lost confidence in him. He is not researching and looking into a lot of these things, which I seem to be doing. But she denied that she had brought about the case in order to gain publicity, saying she was asked by certain newspapers for information and pictures. Mr Justice Bodey asked her: "This might not be relevant but is it underpinning your... case because you have a tie up with someone in the medial?" She replied: "I am out of depth my lord." The judge continued: "Do you feel influenced in your attitudes to the gold standard, orthodox, treatment, by the fact you are now linked in... with the media? Do you feel driven by the fact there's a story there? Mrs Roberts, originally from Auckland, New Zealand, replied: "My son is the only important thing. I am doing it for my son Neon. Victoria Butler-Cole, for the NHS Trust, which cannot be identified for legal reasons, said doctors were not being "hard nosed" about the case and sympathised with Mrs Roberts. The judge will rule this afternoon on whether Neon should receive radiotherapy.