The parents of brain tumour patient Ashya King have described their anguish at being separated from him after they were arrested and held in a Spanish prison for several days.

The grandmother of brain tumour patient Ashya King said she was “relieved” his parents had been released from a Spanish prison but the authorities in the UK needed to be held to account.

The parents of a five-year-old brain cancer patient Ashya King, who was taken from hospital without doctors’ consent, are being detained for up to 72 hours.

Relatives of a five-year-old brain cancer patient taken from hospital in England without doctors’ consent have described the decision to arrest his parents as “cruel”.

Legal proceedings against the parents of a five-year-old brain cancer patient who took him out of hospital without doctors’ consent are expected to continue in Spain today.