{"id":122261,"date":"2023-12-18T15:29:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T15:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=122261"},"modified":"2023-12-18T15:29:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T15:29:14","slug":"alex-batty-makes-first-statement-as-he-returns-home-to-family-after-six-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/world-news\/alex-batty-makes-first-statement-as-he-returns-home-to-family-after-six-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Batty makes first statement as he returns home to family after six years"},"content":{"rendered":"<li><span>Bookmark<\/span><span><svg class=\"active-svg svg-change-fill\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><\/path><\/path><\/svg><svg class=\"svg-bookmark-done\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"18\" viewBox=\"0 0 22 28\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><svg class=\"svg-to-bookmark\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"18\" viewBox=\"0 0 25 28\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span><\/span><\/li>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31694204.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/2_Missing-Alex-Batty.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Never miss any of the fun stuff. Get the biggest stories and wackiest takes from the Daily Star, including our special WTF Wednesday email<\/p>\n<p>Never miss any of the fun stuff. Get the biggest stories and wackiest takes from the Daily Star, including our special WTF Wednesday email<\/p>\n<p>We have more newsletters<\/p>\n<p> Alex Batty, the teen who had been missing for six years, has broken his silence and said \u201cI\u2019m glad to be home for Christmas\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The British lad was found in France six years after he vanished. The now-17-year-old arrived back in Oldham, Greater Manchester, on Saturday evening after a whirlwind few days in which he was picked up by a French driver on a rural road in southern France.<\/p>\n<p>And after returningto her home from a shopping trip with a relative today, he told reporters: \u201cI\u2019m glad to be home for Christmas\u201d before going back inside.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: Lidl robber &apos;pours petrol on supermarket worker&apos; in front of terrified Christmas shoppers<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Alex will now spend Christmas with his legal guardian, grandmother Susan Caruana, the Mirror reported. Alex was reported missing in 2017 aged 11 when he went on a pre-planned holiday to Marbella, Spain, with mum Melanie Batty and grandfather, David Batty. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31701026.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Missing-Alex-Batty.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>French prosecutors said in a news conference on Friday that he was then taken to live in a &quot;spiritual community&quot;, living in Morocco and later the Pyrenees.<\/p>\n<p>The teenager was discovered on Wednesday on a rural road near Quillan, France, where he was picked up by part-time delivery driver Fabien Accidini. <\/p>\n<p>Student Mr Accidini was delivering medicines to a pharmacy at the time and offered Alex a lift, before discovering his real identity.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31701049.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Missing-Alex-Batty.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article31697561.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_Highly-contagious-and-potentially-lethal-100-day-cough-sweeping-across-Britain.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Three symptoms of highly contagious and potentially lethal 100-day cough sweeping UK<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ms Caruana, 68, told the Mirror it was &quot;unbelievable&quot; to see and hear Alex during a video call on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>This was the first direct interaction she&apos;d had with her grandson in more than six years. <\/p>\n<p>She said: &quot;It was absolutely like a dream when I heard his voice. It was unbelievable.&quot;<\/p>\n<p> He was whisked away by his mother, Melanie Batty, who did not have parental guardianship, and his grandfather David Batty.<\/p>\n<p><b><i><i><i><i><i>For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking <\/i>here<i>.<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Breaking News<\/li>\n<li>On Instagram<\/li>\n<li>Facebook<\/li>\n<li>Twitter<\/li>\n<li>Missing Person<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/breaking-alex-batty-makes-first-31700869\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bookmark Never miss any of the fun stuff. Get the biggest stories and wackiest takes from the Daily Star, including our special WTF Wednesday email Never miss any of the fun stuff. 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