Ashya: CPS Drops Case Against Boy's Parents

The parents of Ashya King look set to be released from detention in Spain after UK prosecutors announced they were dropping the case against them.

Brett and Naghmeh King will face no further action after taking the five-year-old from Southampton General Hospital last Thursday, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.

But the couple, who are being held in Madrid, appear to be facing another night apart from their son, with the next hearing in their case not likely to be held until Wednesday.

Ashya, who has a brain tumour, is under police guard at the Materno-Infantil hospital in Malaga, about 330 miles south of the Spanish capital.

Ashya's parents arrive at court in Spain

The decision to seek the withdrawal of the European arrest warrant emerged during a hearing at the High Court in London today and came amid a growing clamour for the family to be reunited.

Lawyers representing the CPS and Portsmouth City Council told Mr Justice Baker of the plan at the start of a hearing in the Family Division.

In a statement the CPS said: "No further action will be taken against Mr and Mrs King and we are now in the process of communicating this decision to the Spanish Authorities so that they can be reunited with their son as soon as possible.

"Further details will be released later this afternoon."

Ashya's brother Naveed says the famly only want the best for him

The move was welcomed by Prime Minister David Cameron, who said: "I welcome the prosecution against Ashya King's parents being dropped. It's important this little boy gets treatment and the love of his family."

The arrest warrants were issued after Ashya's parents took him from Southampton General to have treatment in the Czech Republic.

Spain's state prosecutor is also planning to request that the Kings are released on bail, a court source told Reuters.

A court in Madrid has called them for a hearing on Wednesday morning to decide if they should be freed ahead of a decision on their extradition.

Ashya with his father Brett

The developments came as the head of the police force which applied for the arrest warrants, sparking the hunt for the parents, said the current situation was "not right".

Andy Marsh, chief constable of Hampshire Police, said: "Irrespective of what has happened it is our view that Ashya needs both medical treatment and for his parents to be at his side.

"Our intent was to secure his safety not to deny him family support at this particularly challenging time "

Earlier Mr Cameron and his deputy Nick Clegg joined mounting calls for Ashya to be reunited with his mother and father.

David Cameron: 'The family should be together'

In an interview with LBC, Mr Cameron said pictures of the boy reminded him of his own son Ivan, who died almost six years ago.

"Watching the pictures... brought back memories of my desperate ill young boy Ivan, and I remember him endlessly sitting on my lap and having to feed him through a tube and having to deal with all of the difficulties of having a desperately ill child," Mr Cameron said.

"But the government mustn't tell the police how to act or what to do, nor can we interfere in processes in other countries."

Mr Clegg, who described the situation as "heartbreaking", said: "I would like to see the family reunited and then hopefully people can calmly make a decision about what should happen next."

A petition calling for the Kings to be freed is delivered to Number Ten

A petition calling for the family to be reunited has also been handed in to Downing Street.

It has emerged that Ashya's parents are planning legal action against Southampton General Hospital over his treatment.

In a statement the hospital claimed it had discussed options for alternative proton beam therapy with the family at a facility in Prague.

"We were willing to support the family's transfer to Prague for proton beam radiotherapy, although we did not recommend it," a spokesperson for University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust said.

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