Index – Abroad – Surprising details in the case of the British boy who was recently arrested

Alex Batty, the 17-year-old British teenager who was reported missing in 2017, was found a week ago. According to field reports, the boy escaped from a rural spiritual community in the Pyrenees and walked for several days to escape.

Currently in the care of his grandmother in Oldham, England, he told her for the first time about the spiritual environment and nomadic lifestyle that nearly paralyzed the boy. He said he had been thinking about escaping for a year, and at that time his grandfather also wanted to go with him, but according to French police, the man had died a few months earlier, he writes. BBC.

It turned out that his mother also knew about his plan and did not support the idea because she feared that her son would end up in state care if he returned to England. The boy then concocted a sensational story about a four-day journey that he intended to present to the police in case they were encountered along the way.

I wanted to protect my mother and grandfather, but in hindsight, they would have been caught anyway.

Patty said. He added that he wanted to escape because he would not have a future if he had stayed in the town.

If I had stayed, endless work and zero studies would have awaited me. I, on the other hand, want to go to university, and I certainly don’t want to be a nomad

He confirmed.

The boy was very agitated when he tried to convince the truck driver to believe his fabricated story of taking him across the border, but he ended up taking the boy to the police, which ended up being successful as Patty was successfully returned to the police. United kingdom.

According to the local press report, his family members living in England welcomed the young man with overwhelming joy. Her short-term goals include attending university, where she wants to study French and computer science.

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