But she couldn't keep the smile off her face when soap star Adam Croasdell – aka sexy Dr Al Jenkins from Eastenders – paid her a visit to join her plea to the thief.

Nadine, 39, of Southgate was heartbroken when her camera disappeared on a birthday night out at Bar Med to meet the dishy Doc.

She lost dozens of holiday snaps of her two terminally ill boys and their two sisters.

But when Adam read of her plight in The Observer, the tender hearted actor couldn't resist popping over to meet Nadine and the kids and begged the thieves to give the memory card back.