A mother has fled to Spain with her autistic son after claiming his medication was killing him.
Strathclyde Police have confirmed that Andrew MacVicar, 50, who is autistic, has absconded from his residential home in Paisley, and that he and his mother, Christine MacVicar, 69, are believed to be in Spain.
Mrs MacVicar, from Bridge of Weir, is reported to have claimed her son would have died had they not fled.
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