Judge reveals Alex Batty - missing for six years - has had no formal schooling in that time
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA family court judge has taken the unusual step of lifting restrictions to allow the press to report Alex Batty - who was missing for six years - is a 'ward of court' until he turns 18.
It means the teen's effective guardian will continue to be his grandmother until his birthday. The county court heard that he has received no formal schooling since he went missing and that he is being urged to resume his education.
A local authority becomes the legal guardian of a young person who is made a 'ward of court'. It can then appoint a 'special guardian' to deal with day-to-day care. READ MORE: Storm Pia weather and travel latest as Met Office updates warning after UK battered by strong winds READ MORE: M60 traffic STOPPED after lorry overturns in Storm Pia Alex arrived back in Oldham on Saturday evening (December 16) after being picked up by a French delivery driver on a rural road in southern France.
He will now spend Christmas with his, grandmother Susan Caruana. Alex was reported missing in 2017 aged 11 when he went on holiday to Marbella, Spain, with mum Melanie Batty and grandfather, David Batty.
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