Alex Batty’s granddad ‘may have DIED six months ago’ & ‘cult mum’ planned to take him to Finland prompting teen to flee

BRITISH teen Alex Batty will return to the UK “probably tomorrow” after escaping a commune when his mum told him they would be moving to Finland, cops have revealed.

The boy, from Greater Manchester, disappeared aged 11 while on a family holiday in Spain in 2017 and was found in France this week.

Local reports said he fled a rural spiritual community in the Pyrenees mountains and hiked for days to escape. A concerned lorry driver eventually picked him up and contacted police, who interviewed him.

Speaking of his time in France, Alex’s aunt, Maureen, said the teen was “brainwashed by the religion” his grandfather is allegedly part of.

French prosecutor Antoine Leroy revealed today that Alex’s grandfather, who was with both Alex and Alex’s mother, may have died six months ago.