Parents Of Boy With Brain Tumor Fight Extradition

The parents of Ashya King have refused to consent to their extradition
to the UK at an appearance at the High Court in Spain.

A judge in Madrid ruled Brett and Naghemeh King are to be kept in
police custody for a maximum of 72 hours while he considers granting
bail.

An international search was launched after the couple took the
five-year-old, who has a brain tumour, from hospital in Southampton on
Thursday.

Ashya is now in hospital in Malaga.

He was found with his family in the city on Saturday, after they
travelled to Spain where they have an apartment.

Hampshire Constabulary obtained a European arrest warrant on the
grounds the Kings neglected their son, who was receiving specialist
care for his condition when he was taken from the UK.

The extradition process could take several months.

Ashya's eldest brother Danny King, 23, told the BBC he will be allowed
to visit him on Monday afternoon.

He said until now the five-year-old's siblings have not been allowed
to visit him in his private room in Malaga, which is under police
guard.

Danny King said they have found it incredibly difficult not being able
to see the little boy.

"They did allow a voice recording that was set-up to be played to
Ashya... I'm grateful that the doctors appreciate how important it is
for Ashya just to hear the voice of one of his brothers," he said.

A Downing Street spokesman said the priority should be for Ashya to
receive "the very best medical care".

He said it was an understandable parental instinct to want to do the
best for your child and understandable that relevant authorities with
responsibility for the welfare of children should also take an
interest in such a case.

The spokesman added: "People will understand and be worried by the
grave illness that Ashya is suffering."

Mr and Mrs King were arrested on Saturday when the family was found in Malaga.