Dowses face cost of Tristan upkeep

A COUPLE who adopted an Indonesian boy and then abandoned him could be ordered to pay for his upkeep until he is 18, it has emerged.

Wicklow accountant Joe Dowse and his wife Lala adopted Tristan Dowse three years ago but dumped him in an Indonesian orphanage, saying they had trouble bonding with him.

Now they could face paying out €1 million in maintenance over the next 14 years for the four-year-old, who has since been re-united with his natural mother Suranyi in Indonesia.