ALEX Batty should have been found five months ago alongside his still-missing" kidnapper" mother-but French police were on strike and apparently failed to act, it has emerged today. The extraordinary revelations came on Thursday after 17-year-old Brit returned home to Oldham, Greater Manchester, six years after being allegedly abducted.... 4 Alex lived with his mum and granddad in this cottage in Gite La Bastide, in the Pyrenees area of France Credit: Doug Seeburg....