KIDNAPPED Britons Paul and Rachel Chandler might be freed for much less than the seven million-dollar (€4.75m) ransom demand, a hostage negotiator said yesterday.

The Somali pirates who kidnapped Britons Paul and Rachel Chandler tonight demanded a $7m (€4.75m) ransom.

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