Rachel and Paul Chandler held captive by Somali Pirates for more than a year
A former minicab driver who claimed to have masterminded the release of Paul and Rachel Chandler has received a hero’s welcome as he arrived back in the UK.
Dahir Abdullahi Kadiye, 56, was cheered by around 70 members of the British Somali community as he arrived at Heathrow airport.
He was handed flowers by a number of members of the group – some of whom came to the airport from as far away as Liverpool and Leicester.
The Somali Briton was reported to have negotiated the couple’s safe exit from Somali pirates who had held them for more than a year.
