Alex Batty says he decided to return to UK after argument with his mother

Teenager says he invented a story about walking for four days through mountains in order to protect his mother and grandfather

Alex Batty, the teenager who returned to the UK six years after he disappeared with his mother and grandfather, has revealed he decided to come back for a better future, having realised his mother was a great person but not a great mum".

Interviewed for the first time, the 17-year-old said he realised he could no longer live with his anti-government, anti-vax" mum after an argument.