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THE LOST BOYO

Tom Jones’s estranged son Jon Jones sleeps on a homeless hostel FLOOR and desperately wants reunion with his pop star dad

The Welsh crooner has never acknowledged his younger son despite a judge-ordered DNA test proving his paternity

WELSH legend Sir Tom Jones’s estranged younger son sleeps on a mat in a New Jersey homeless shelter and is desperate to see his father “before it is too late”.

Jonathan Berkery, a 29-year-old aspiring musician who goes by the name of Jon Jones, has never met his icon father - one of the biggest names in music.

 Sir Tom has never publicly acknowledged his younger son Jon Jones
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Sir Tom has never publicly acknowledged his younger son Jon JonesCredit: Getty - Contributor

Details of his younger son’s dire living conditions have emerged just a week after the Welsh legend sold his lavish £6.5 million Hollywood mansion following the death of his wife Linda.

Jon was born following a three-day fling between the married star and aspiring model Katherine Berkery, who was just 24.

The former coal miner from South Wales was 47 when he met her in a New York night club in 1987, and after a night of passion, never contacted her again.

Jon Jones has never been acknowledged by his father, but remains hopeful that the now-77-year-old may one day want to forge a relationship.

 The singer's second child was born after a three-day fling with a model in New York
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The singer's second child was born after a three-day fling with a model in New YorkCredit: Copyright (c) 2017 Rex Features

Speaking to the , he said: “I’d like to talk to him about normal stuff, like: 'How’s your life been? This is mine.'

“I want to see him before it’s too late.”

However, his wishes look set to remain unfulfilled as the singer did not even publicly admit to having a second child until 2008, despite judge-ordered DNA tests proving his paternity at the time of the birth.

 The star's estranged son has been forced into sleeping on the floor of this New Jersey homeless shelter
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The star's estranged son has been forced into sleeping on the floor of this New Jersey homeless shelterCredit: GoogleMaps
 The Welsh legend recently sold his lavish £6.5 million Hollywood mansion following the death of his wife Linda
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The Welsh legend recently sold his lavish £6.5 million Hollywood mansion following the death of his wife Linda
 Katherine Berkery proved in court that her son was fathered by Tom Jones
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Katherine Berkery proved in court that her son was fathered by Tom JonesCredit: Copyright (c) 2017 Rex Features
 Jonathan pictured in a 2013 Sun story about his life without his dad
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Jonathan pictured in a 2013 Sun story about his life without his dad
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He was ordered to pay £1,700 a month in maintenance for the first 18 years of his son’s life.

This sum was considered a drop in the ocean given the crooner's estimated £155 million fortune.

He agreed to the court order and paid up, but said he wanted nothing else to do with the child.

Jon Jones admitted spending his childhood waiting for his father to “return home” but once the realisation set in that he had been abandoned, he rebelled by turning to drugs and struggled to hold down a job.

 Tom Jones and his wife Linda had one son, Mark
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Tom Jones and his wife Linda had one son, MarkCredit: Copyright (c) 2017 Rex Features
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The aspiring singer has been homeless for a considerable part of the last decade, and at his lowest, was living in his car in Miami.
 During that time, he was arrested for possession of drugs and spent four nights in jail.

In exchange for his release and no charges against him, he agreed to go to rehab.

His life looked to be on the right track last year when he found a new home and landed a job in a burger bar while continuing to work on his music.

In an attempt to build bridges, he even reached out to his half-brother Mark, but did not receive any acknowledgement.

Since then, he has lost his job and his apartment, and was sleeping on park benches until the cold winters forced him into a homeless shelter.


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