Somali pirates release couple
The couple were handed to local officials in a central Somali town after a ransom was paid. They were flown to the capital Mogadishu to meet the Somali prime minister and then to neighbouring Kenya, where they arrived yesterday afternoon.
“We are fine; rather skinny and bony, but we are fine. We were told on Friday in a way which gave us some confidence. But otherwise, we’ve been told we are going to be released almost every 10 days,” Paul Chandler told BBC television.
Somali pirates kidnapped the couple on October 23 last year after hijacking their 38-foot yacht Lynn Rival in the Indian Ocean. Paul Chandler, 60, and his wife, Rachel, 56, who are from Tunbridge Wells in Kent, had embarked on their voyage when they retired.
