Spanish social services take British couple's son into care

Spanish social services take British couple's son into care

The Spanish authorities have made a dramatic intervention in the case of a British couple who fled to Spain to stop social services taking their son into care.

Jim and Carissa Smith had sought refuge amid the parched mountain scenery and tall palm trees of Alicante. But on Wednesday their worst fears were realised when Spanish officials, acting on information from Suffolk social services, arrived at the hospital where Mrs Smith was still breastfeeding two-week-old Jim Junior.