A Briton escaped from the Philippines with his girlfriend and baby daughter after being threatened with seven years in jail for adultery.
David Scott was remanded in custody last year with his married girlfriend Cynthia Delfino. The couple were accused of adultery by officials in the devoutly Catholic country.
They were told that their daughter, Janina, was to be handed over to Ms Delfino's estranged husband, Noriel Delfino, on the grounds that the child was born before the Delfinos' marriage was annulled, officials said.
Update: Escaped to Britain
20th August 2008 see article from dailymail.co.uk
A British man who faced a seven-year prison sentence in the Philippines for adultery is being allowed to return to the UK with his girlfriend and baby this week.
David Scott, 37, has had his application for partner Cynthia Delfino to accompany him granted by the Home Office on humanitarian grounds.
A Briton escaped from the Philippines with his girlfriend and baby daughter after being threatened with seven years in jail for adultery.
David Scott was remanded in custody last year with his married girlfriend Cynthia Delfino. The couple were accused of adultery by officials in the devoutly Catholic country.
They were told that their daughter, Janina, was to be handed over to Ms Delfino's estranged husband, Noriel Delfino, on the grounds that the child was born before the Delfinos' marriage was annulled, officials said.
Update: Escaped to Britain
20th August 2008 see article from dailymail.co.uk
A British man who faced a seven-year prison sentence in the Philippines for adultery is being allowed to return to the UK with his girlfriend and baby this week.
David Scott, 37, has had his application for partner Cynthia Delfino to accompany him granted by the Home Office on humanitarian grounds.
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