Boy at centre of legal battle is described as ‘very troubled’

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A convicted drug dealer whose former partner moved to England after ending their allegedly abusive relationship has lost a legal battle in which he was seeking to have his son returned to his custody.

The High Court in London ordered the return of the seven-year-old to Ireland earlier this year after his father took a case against the mother for child abduction.