YVONNE MACHUGH began a six-day trip to India on Friday to see her fiancé Billy Irving in a Chennai jail, as he and five other British ex-servicemen continue to await their appeal, writes Louise Glen.
Billyand Yvonne with their ‘wee menace’ William.
Four years ago Billy, Nick Dunn, John Armstrong, Ray Tindall, Paul Towers and Nicholas Simpson were working as armed guards aboard the MV Seaman Guard Ohio, protecting ships against Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean.