British boy ‘abducted’ on Costa del Sol, Police suspect Russian mother

A British father has reported his three-year-old son missing in Marbella, saying the boy was taken by his Russian mother.

Police launched a search for the child, identified as Oliver P, and his mother on Thursday night, treating the case as a “parental abduction.”

Spain’s interior ministry shared a photo of Oliver, noting he was born on November 3, 2021, and was last seen in Marbella, Malaga, on July 4.

The ministry’s appeal described him as having grey eyes, blonde hair, standing 85 cm tall and weighing 15 kilos.

Reports suggest Oliver’s father last saw him on July 4 but did not go to police until August 7.

A police spokesman confirmed the father and son are British and the mother is Russian. He said: “We are treating this as a parental abduction. We believe the mother has left Spain and has taken the boy to her homeland, which is Russia.”

A source familiar with the case said: “The mum and dad are separated and there was a court order preventing the mother from taking this boy out of Spain. They are all based here on the Costa del Sol.”

Details about the child’s custody arrangements, his birthplace, or whether an international arrest warrant has been issued remain unclear.

A spokesman for the ministry of interior said the search for Oliver “is a Spanish National Police investigation.”

Any decision on an international arrest warrant would be made by a judge. Spain, like the UK, does not have an extradition treaty with Russia.

(The Telegraph)

ALSO READ TOP STORIES FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE