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    Missing teenager Alex Batty ‘wanted to travel to UK for ID papers to start school’

    by Pol Allingham Dec 18, 2023 2 minutes
    Source: PA Media

    Teenager Alex Batty, who has been found in France six years after he disappeared, wanted to “return to the UK” and find identity documents to enable him to start school.

    The youngster went missing aged 11 in 2017 after his mother, who was not his legal guardian, took him on a pre-arranged trip to Spain with his grandfather.

    He landed in the UK on Saturday

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