Relatives of couple feared taken by pirates meet Somali premier

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”.

Retired quantity surveyor Paul Chandler, 59, and his wife, Rachel, 55, disappeared after sailing from the Seychelles towards Tanzania.

European naval forces yesterday monitored a yacht seen towing a skiff — a small boat used by pirates — near to the Somali port of Haradheere.