British boy Alex Batty who vanished during a holiday in Spain is found alive in France six years after being ‘kidnapped’

A BRITISH boy who was allegedly kidnapped six years ago has been found alive and well in France.

Alex Batty, from Lancashire, was just 11 years old when he went missing during a family holiday in Spain in 2017.

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Alex Batty, from Lancashire, has been found alive in France after going missing in Spain in 2017[/caption]

Alex was travelling with his mum, Melanie and grandfather David when he was apparently abducted.

Both Melanie and David were apparently not supposed to be with Alex at the time because of domestic difficulties.

The three of them were supposed to leave Marbella after just two weeks, but never returned.

Cops launched an enquiry at the time, but until today Alex had not been seen since.

His grandmother and official guardian Susan Caruana, thought they might have adopted “an alternative missile” somewhere abroad.

She said at the time: “They didn’t want [Alex] to go to school, they don’t believe in mainstream school.”

Prosecutors believe Alex, who is now 17, has been found in Revel near Toulouse, southern France.

A local newspaper reported on Thursday: “The Alex Batty mystery is about to be solved.

“Although he did not show any official document to the gendarmes who took him in, this young 17-year-old boy provided his identity on his own.

“His face and his story correspond in every way to that of the Briton kidnapped in 2017.”

Investigators reportedly think he fled a rural community living in the Pyrenees mountains on foot.

Alex apparently hiked for days on foot before a lorry driver picked him up and contacted police.

The teen reportedly told the story of what had happened to him “serenely and calmly”.

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