TOULOUSE, France: A British 17-year-old found in France six years after going missing in Spain is to return home to England in the coming days, British and French authorities said on Friday. Alex Batty, originally from the northern English city of Oldham, was picked up by a driver in a mountainous area in southern France, with checks by French and British police confirming his identity. Police have said they suspect his mother Melanie Batty, who did not have parental guardianship, and grandfather David Batty of abducting him in 2017 when he was 11, under the pretence of going on holiday in Spain. They then lived in alternative lifestyle communes in Spain and subsequently the French Pyrenees. “Our priority is to…
Published Date: 2023-12-15
Source: The News International
