Alex Batty is dating and wants to get a tattoo as he opens up about life in Britain after being missing for six years
HOME-again teenager Alex Batty has revealed he is now dating after going missing in Europe for six years with his fugitive mother and grandfather.
Alex17, has had several dates with a potential love interest since returning to Oldham, Greater Manchesterin December.
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He said: “I'm talking to someone at the moment. I want a decent job so that when I get a wife and kids, they don't have to worry about money like I did.
“It feels really good to be back. I have gained many new experiences.
“Almost everything is a new experience.”
Alex, who turns 18 tomorrow, plans to celebrate his birthday with a pub crawl and is considering getting a tattoo.
He disappeared during a trip to Spain with mother Melanie and grandfather David in 2017.
At the end of last year, The Sun told how Alex was united with his favorite football team
Alex was there Manchester United' bumps against Aston Villa at Old Trafford.
The teenager wore a new replica shirt when his uncle and grandfather accompanied him to a match for the first time since returning from France on December 16.
Alex was just 11 when he disappeared in September 2017 after mum Melanie, 43, and his other granddad David, 64, took him to Spain on vacation, but did not return home.
United fan Alex said: “I hear things have gotten worse since then Sir Alex Ferguson retired but excited to go watch a game live. It is a dream come true to go back to the stadium.”
French officers were on the hunt for Alex's mother and grandfather after Gtr Manchester police launched a criminal investigation into the kidnapping.
Earlier that month, the teenager turned his back about the hippie lifestyle after clashing with his mother, saying, “She's a great person and I love her, but she's just not a great mother.”
That of the 17 year old The desire to be a normal kid led him to hatch “Le Great Escape” in their rented house in the French Pyrenees.
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