A British boy who said he was kidnapped and taken to a ‘spiritual commune’ by his mother and grandfather six years ago was ‘brainwashed’ while living with them, his family in England have said, as they prepare to be reunited with him within days.
Alex Batty, from Oldham, Lancashire, 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. A picture of a luxury
A British boy who said he was ‘kidnapped’ and taken to a ‘spiritual commune’ by his mother and grandfather six years ago reportedly told the man who found him after a four-day hike across a French mountain range that his mum ‘was a little crazy’.
Alex Batty, from Oldham, Lancashire, 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. His grandmother and legal
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