Alex Batty, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, was just 11 when he did not return from a holiday to Spain with his mother Melanie, then 37, and grandfather David, then 58, in 2017.
Alex Batty, from Oldham, was just 11 when he did not return from a holiday to Spain with his mother Melanie, then 37, and grandfather David, then 58, in 2017.
EXCLUSIVE: Situated in the tiny hamlet of La Bastide with a population of just 15 people, the local mayor confirmed that Alex, now 17, had lived there with his grandfather David Batty since 2021.
Alex Batty, 17, was allegedly kidnapped by his mother and grandfather to live in a spiritual commune in Spain and later the French Pyrenees in 2017, when he was 11.
Travelling by night, and sleeping rough in gardens by day, Alex Batty spent four long days trekking more than 30 miles, across muddy, rain-lashed, mountainous terrain in his bid for freedom.