His cousins Cyril Beldam and George Beldam were also cricketers. The proceedings were written up by Joseph Beldam. Butler-Sloss LJ and Beldam LJ concurred. Coraline discovers her parents are missing, and realizes they have been kidnapped by the Beldam. His brother, Cyril Beldam, and a cousin, Ernest Beldam, also played first-class cricket. Thinking quickly, Coraline tricks the Beldam into unlocking the portal. Coraline sees the Beldam in her true skeletal, arachnid form. While the Beldam is distracted, the cat finds her parents trapped in a snow globe. A beldam is found to sit below it, and he snaps a photo of her. By the end of the story, Beldam vows to treat her better.