'It isn't kidnapping because it's my mum': Alex Batty tells how he escaped from off-grid life after mother spirited him out of the UK six years earlier ⊕
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2026 › May › 06
Greater Manchester
52 days ago
Alex Batty, of Oldham, Greater Manchester, went missing aged 11 in 2017 after his mother Melanie Batty, who was not his legal guardian, took him on a pre-arranged trip to Spain with his grandfather.
53 days ago
Peter hired a 'no win, no fee lawyer' after a row with a neighbour turned ugly... then faced a shock £52,000 bill when he lost ⊖
When retired teacher Peter Hodgson thought he had been wrongfully arrested by Greater Manchester Police, he believed he had nothing to lose by suing them.
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