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Alex Batty spends first night back in UK for more than six years

Source: PA Media

Alex Batty is spending his first night back in the UK in the more than six years since he disappeared on holiday in Spain with his mother and grandfather.

The 17-year-old did not return from a pre-arranged trip there when he was 11 and is said to have lived an “alternative” lifestyle abroad before deciding to return home.

He was picked up by chiropody student Fabien Accidini near the city of in the early hours of Wednesday after walking across the Pyrenees “for four days and four

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