Missing boy found in France returns to Britain – police

MANCHESTER, England — Alex Batty, the British teenager who resurfaced in southern France after disappearing six years ago, returned to Britain on Saturday, local police said. The boy, who left a spiritualist community in the Pyrenees mountains, disappeared at the age of 11 during a holiday with his mother and grandfather in Malaga, Spain, in 2017. He is now 17. READ: British teen, missing for six years, found in France – prosecutors Greater Manchester Police said the teenager met with a relative and police officers, who accompanied him on his journey back to Britain. “It gives me great pleasure to say that Alex has now made his safe return to the UK after six years,” Matt Boyle, assistant chief constable,…