A BRITISH man kidnapped by Somali pirates while on holiday on a yacht with his wife said in an interview released yesterday that the sea bandits had crept aboard with guns while he was asleep and demanded money.

RELATIVES of a British couple feared snatched by pirates off the east African coast met the Somali Prime Minister yesterday as family members pleaded for an end to their “bad dream”.

Relatives of a British couple thought to have been captured by Somali pirates today pleaded with the captors to end the family’s “bad dream”.

The families of a missing British couple feared to have been hijacked by pirates faced an anxious wait for news today.