Alex flew to Malaga in September 2017 before being taken to a 'spiritual community' in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Investigators believe Alex escaped the rural community in southern France and ...

He had already been walking in the Pyrenees for four days and four nights, sleeping by day and walking mainly by night to escape being seen. All he had was €100 in cash, no mobile phone and he ...

A British teenager missing for six years escaped a “spiritual commune” in France after his mother announced she was leaving to travel to Finland. Alex Batty was allegedly abducted by his mother ...

Alex Batty, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, vanished years ago, aged just 11, before he turned up in France and was found by a lorry driver, who he told his mum had 'kidnapped' him ...

A BRITISH boy allegedly kidnapped by his mum and grandad is understood to have been living in an off-grid commune with goddess-worshipping pals. Alex Batty, now 17, was found alive in France after … ...

A BRITISH teen who disappeared six years ago fled a commune in the mountains and told his rescuer “my mother kidnapped me”. Alex Batty, then 11, was travelling in Spain with his mum and… ...