British prosecutors are seeking to withdraw a European arrest warrant against the parents of five-year-old brain tumor patient Ashya King, ITV News reported. The move means Brett and Naghemeh King could soon be released from custody in the Spanish capital, Madrid, and reunited with their son who is in a hospital 300 miles away in Malaga. The move comes amid growing outrage over the treatment of the family, including from Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. The police chief handling the case also wrote a letter to British prosecutors saying the current situation was "not right."
Prosecutors went to the High Court in London Tuesday to ask for the warrant - which triggered Spanish police to keep the couple in jail - to be withdrawn. The pair sparked an international search after taking Ashya from a British hospital - against the advice of doctors - because the facility would not allow their son to have proton beam therapy. They were arrested in Spain and threatened with extradition.
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