Mother spared jail in UK to save daughter from Ukraine

A judge said “simple humanity” lead him to the decision not to send Olga Khomenko to immediate custody so she could retrieve her daughter from the Kyiv region

Olga Khomenko, who admitted taking her daughter to Ukraine against a court order, has been spared jail so she can travel to Ukraine to rescue her from the conflict (William Janes/PA)

A mother who admitted taking her daughter to Ukraine against a court order has been spared jail so she can travel to Ukraine to rescue her from the conflict.

A judge said “simple humanity” lead him to the decision not to send Olga Khomenko to immediate custody so she could retrieve her daughter from the war-torn Kyiv region.