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Ashya King's parents case under 'immediate review' by CPS | Ashya King's parents case under 'immediate review' by CPS |
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A couple who took their son out of the hospital where he was being treated for a brain tumour and travelled to Spain have had their case put under "immediate review". | A couple who took their son out of the hospital where he was being treated for a brain tumour and travelled to Spain have had their case put under "immediate review". |
Brett and Naghemeh King are being held by police in Madrid after removing five-year-old Ashya from Southampton General Hospital. | |
Further evidence has been provided to the Crown Prosecution Service, it said. | |
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has backed calls for them to be reunited. | |
He said it was "not appropriate" to "throw the full force of the law" at the parents. | |
"A little boy is on his own in a hospital, doesn't speak Spanish, is cut off from his parents and his siblings and I would like to see him together with his family as soon as possible," he said. | |
"As far as I can make out, this is a family in a state of real anguish who have taken this exceptional step of moving their sick child to another country because they think that's what is best for their child." | |
Hampshire Constabulary obtained a European arrest warrant on the grounds the Kings neglected their son. | |
A High Court judge in Madrid ruled on Monday they will remain in custody for a maximum of 72 hours while he considers granting bail. | |
The CPS said in a statement: "Further evidence is now being provided to the CPS and so the case is under immediate review." | |
Ashya is under police guard in hospital in Malaga. | |
One of his brothers was allowed to visit him last night, the family lawyer said. | |
Mr King, 51, and Mrs King, 45, were arrested on Saturday night in Velez-Malaga. | Mr King, 51, and Mrs King, 45, were arrested on Saturday night in Velez-Malaga. |
The family took Ashya from the hospital last Thursday and travelled to France with him and his six siblings before heading to the Costa del Sol in southern Spain. | |
They want him to receive a treatment which they say was not made available to him on the NHS. | |
Proton beam therapy is only available on the NHS for eye conditions. | Proton beam therapy is only available on the NHS for eye conditions. |
More than 90,000 people have signed an online petition demanding Ashya is reunited with his parents. | |
Dr Michael Marsh, medical director at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, said: "It's really important that the family and the medical and nursing teams have good communication and relationships. | Dr Michael Marsh, medical director at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, said: "It's really important that the family and the medical and nursing teams have good communication and relationships. |
"In Ashya's case we really regret that the communication and relationship broke down to the extent that the family lost trust in the team that were caring for him." | "In Ashya's case we really regret that the communication and relationship broke down to the extent that the family lost trust in the team that were caring for him." |