Alex Batty said he doesn't want his mum to go to prison in his first live TV appearance since his return to the UK.
14.12.2023 - 21:51 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A French lorry driver who discovered missing British boy Alex Batty walking along a deserted country road in the rain said he told him: "My mother kidnapped me when I was 12 years old."
Alex Batty, now 17, was reported missing six years ago and details of the case have now emerged on Thursday evening after he was discovered alive and well on Wednesday.
Fabien Accidini was working his part-time job delivering medicines when he saw Alex walking alone on an isolated road on Wednesday, the Mirror reports.
The chiropractic student, from Toulouse, told La Depeche: "He was walking while the rain fell in heavy drops. The second time I passed him, I decided to offer to drop him off somewhere. He was quite tall and blond, and dressed in black jeans, a white sweater and a backpack. He also carried a skateboard under his arm and a flashlight for lighting. His attitude gave me confidence. He ended up getting into my van.
"During the first few minutes, he seemed a little shy. We tried to speak in French but I noticed that he had not mastered the language. I decided to communicate in English. ‘When I asked him his name, he pretended his name was Zach, and then we continued chatting. We talked for over three hours! Very quickly, he gave me his real identity – Alex Batty – before telling me his story.
"He said his mother kidnapped him when he was 12 years old. Since then, he had lived in Spain in a luxury house with around ten people. He arrived in France in around 2021. In the middle of last weekend, he decided to leave his mother to join his family in England. He had been walking in the mountain for more than four days!
"He lived with his mother in a spiritual community, far away from normal life. Alex told me his mother was a little crazy
Alex Batty said he doesn't want his mum to go to prison in his first live TV appearance since his return to the UK.
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