Alex Batty will fly back to UK TODAY six years after he was ‘kidnapped’ by mum and grandad

ALEX Batty will fly back to the UK today, six years after being allegedly kidnapped, French prosecutor Samuel Vuelta Simon said.

The 17-year-old is understood to be taking a direct flight from Toulouse to London in the late afternoon on Saturday.

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Alex Batty will be flying back to the UK this evening, a French prosecutor said[/caption]

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The boy, then 11, was on holiday with his mum Melanie (centre) and his grandfather but never returned to the UK[/caption]

The boy, who left a spiritualist community in the Pyrenees mountains, disappeared at the age of 11 during a holiday with his mother and grandfather in Malaga, Spain, in 2017.

Toulouse deputy prosecutor Antoine Leroy said on Friday Alex had spent the past two years in different areas of southern France, living in “spiritual communities” with his mother, but not in a sect.

The grandfather died about six months ago, said Leroy, adding that the boy’s mother might currently be in Finland.

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) earlier said they were working with French authorities to bring Batty home to his grandmother, who is his legal guardian.

France’s BFM TV has reported a search operation was underway to find Batty’s mother.

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