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  • 11 years ago
A cross continent manhunt for a 5 year old boy with a brain tumor has ended in Spain.

Brett King and his wife took their son Ashya out of a hospital last week against doctors orders.

They then drove to Spain with the rest of their family where they were later apprehended by police.

In a video posted online, King said they took their son because his doctors refused to discuss a specific cancer treatment called proton beam therapy which isn't currently available on Britian's National Health Service.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) ASHYA KING'S FATHER, BRETT KING, HOLDING ASHYA WHILST SAYING:

"... we've been labelled as kidnappers, erm putting his life at risk, neglect. There's been a lot of talk about this machine. [Brett points at a machine on the bedside table next to him] As you see it's all plugged in. We've got loads of these feeds here. We've got iron supplements and we've got Calpol. As you can see there's nothing wrong with him, he's very happy actually since
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