A British teenager who was lacking for six years has spoken out for the primary time since returning to the UK.
Alex Batty, 17, stated ‘I’m glad to be right here for Christmas‘ as he publicly broke his silence.
The teenager was present in France final week and spent his first evening again in Britain on Saturday after being reunited together with his grandmother.
Alex landed in Manchester on Saturday night, strolling off the aircraft with a skateboard beneath his arm earlier than being promptly whisked away to satisfy his grandmother, Susan Caruana, whom it’s understood he’ll dwell with.
It was the welcome finish of a protracted journey for Alex, who was discovered on Wednesday after escaping a ‘nomadic’ life in a commune within the French Pyrenees, in line with French authorities, years after he did not return from a household vacation in Spain.
The teenager, who vanished when he was 11, is anticipated to talk with Greater Manchester Police at a later date as they appear to piece collectively the occasions surrounding his disappearance and years spent dwelling in a ‘non secular commune’ after he was allegedly kidnapped by his mom and grandfather in 2017.
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Alex Batty, from Oldham, was 11 when he didn’t return from a vacation to Spain together with his mom Melanie, then 37, and grandfather David, then 58, in 2017.
Alex’s grandmother Susan Caruana stated: ‘I can not start to specific my aid and happiness that Alex has been discovered’ (file picture)