Ashya King's parents released from custody in Madrid as Cameron and Clegg step in
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 @ 7:38 PM
PARENTS of a five-year-old British boy suffering from a brain tumour have been released from custody in Madrid after a European arrest warrant over them was lifted last night.
Brett and Naghemeh King, 51 and 45, were let out of the capital's Soto del Real prison and driven to Málaga where their son Ashya is being treated in hospital.
Mr King told reporters he was 'dying to see his son', and Mrs King was said to be 'extremely emotional'.
Even before the arrest warrant was withdrawn, however, prosecutors at Spain's National Court had requested the immediate release of Mr and Mrs King after determining that the child had been properly cared for between leaving the UK and being taken by authorities into Vélez-Málaga hospital.
The court found the parents' explanations to be 'credible'.
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