Driver who rescued ‘kidnapped’ Alex Batty gives astonishing account of trek to safety as boy’s first texts emerge

LBC says Brit Alex Batty, who is now 17, went missing in 2017 after going on a family holiday to Spain.

He was found in France yesterday after hiking through the Pyrenees mountains for days to escape a ‘spiritual’ commune where he had been living.

A concerned motorist spotted him walking along in the rain in the foothills of the Pyrenees early on Wednesday morning.

Driver Fabien Accidini said Alex “explained that he had been walking for four days, that he set off from a place in the mountains, though he didn’t say where.”

“I typed his name into the internet and saw that he was being looked for.”

Mr Accidini told local media Alex’s plan was to find a big city with an embassy and seek help. Alex also used the driver’s Facebook to contact his grandmother in the UK.

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