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Australian mom, TV crew to be released from Lebanon prison, lawyer says

by CNN
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
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An Australian mother and television crew charged over the alleged kidnapping of two children in Lebanon will be released from prison Wednesday, the woman’s attorney told CNN.

Sally Faulkner has been detained along with four staff members of Australian current affairs show “60 Minutes” since a so-called child recovery agency snatched her daughter, 6, and son, 4, from a Beirut street on April 7.

Faulkner’s attorney, Ghassan Moghabghab, told CNN that a deal had been reached with prosecutors that would see the five released, and he was in the process of submitting the required paperwork.

He said each individual had been ordered to pay a bail of 1 million Lebanese pounds ($662).

The Brisbane woman has mounted a months-long campaign pushing for the return of her children, who she says were taken to Lebanon by Ali Elamine, her ex-husband, and not returned.

Australian network: Crew to fly home

In Australia, Channel 9 — the network for which the crew works — reported on its website that the charges against the staff and Faulkner had been dropped, and that the crew would be flying out of Lebanon on Wednesday night.

The film crew — including reporter Tara Brown, producer Stephen Rice, cameraman Ben Williamson and sound recordist David Ballment — had faced charges of kidnapping, physical assault, hiding information and criminal conspiracy, according to Channel 9.

The network reported that Elamine had told a judge he wanted the charges dropped against the group, saying the current affairs team was just doing its job.

Lebanese police had earlier said that two Britons were also detained in connection with the alleged kidnapping attempt.

Channel 9 reported via a correspondent covering the case that the charges against the two Britons remained.

Lebanese police said that the children were later found and returned to Elamine.

In a change.org petition posted last year, Faulkner pleaded with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to intervene in the case.

“They were terrifyingly put on a plane by my ex-husband and I haven’t heard from them since,” Faulkner said in the petition, which attracted more than 33,000 signatures.

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