Irving’s wedding: ‘the best day of my life’
Phil MacHugh said: ‘When Billy got a major starring role in a Bollywood movie, the true hero was my sister Yvonne.’
Phil MacHugh said: ‘When Billy got a major starring role in a Bollywood movie, the true hero was my sister Yvonne.’
Yvonne, 29, who campaigned tirelessly for Billy’s release, said she was ‘beyond excited’ to finally wed the 37-year-old ex-soldier.
Billy said: ‘I can never forgive the UK government and the FCO.’
‘We’d like to thank the legal team, the charities who supported us especially the Mission to Seafarers, the #Chennai6 campaign team who have just been incredible, our MPs and the media who helped with our fight for freedom.
‘This is a victory for the families of the Chennai Six.’
At the time Yvonne said: ‘The people of Campbeltown have done more than anyone else for him.
‘It means so much to me that he has so many friends wanting to help.’
Today the court found the former Campbeltown Grammar pupil and five other British ex-servicemen not guilty of importing weapons into the south-east Asian country.
The High Court judge has a fortnight to come to a decision.
The thought of losing an appeal on the grounds of a incompetent judge is soul destroying.
Mr O’Hara met with Foreign Office minister Mark Field MP who has a specific remit for Asia and the Pacific, to put further pressure on the government.