Alex Batty has admitted his grandfather - who he told police was dead - is actually alive, but he doesn't know where he is. The British teenager initially told the police his beloved grandfather ...

Batty, 17, returned to Oldham, near Manchester, ... He took a backpack with four T-shirts, three pairs of trousers, a skateboard, a flashlight, 100 euros and a Swiss Army Knife.

Melanie Batty (dressed in white) sitting next to her father David Batty (in denim shirt) and her son Alex Batty (in Black T-shirt) at the Esperaza market in June 2023 (Picture: Steve Reigate) ...

Melanie Batty, dressed in white, pictured sitting next to her father David Batty, in a denim shirt, with her son Alex Batty, in a black T-shirt, at the Esperaza market in June 2023- six months ...

Batty, 17, returned to Oldham, near Manchester, ... He took a backpack with four T-shirts, three pairs of trousers, a skateboard, flashlight, 100 euros and a Swiss Army Knife.