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| Adam Whittington, alleged child kidnap organiser, released on bail in Lebanon | Adam Whittington, alleged child kidnap organiser, released on bail in Lebanon |
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| The man who allegedly organised the botched recovery of Sally Faulkner’s child in Beirut has been released on bail in Lebanon after 100 days in detention, supporters say. | The man who allegedly organised the botched recovery of Sally Faulkner’s child in Beirut has been released on bail in Lebanon after 100 days in detention, supporters say. |
| Dual Australian-British man Adam Whittington and two of his colleagues were charged with kidnapping after Faulkner’s two children, Lahela, five, and Noah, three, were taken from a Beirut street in April while being filmed by a Nine Network 60 Minutes crew. | Dual Australian-British man Adam Whittington and two of his colleagues were charged with kidnapping after Faulkner’s two children, Lahela, five, and Noah, three, were taken from a Beirut street in April while being filmed by a Nine Network 60 Minutes crew. |
| “We can now advise that Adam has finally been granted bail and is now able to return to home,” a Facebook support page post made on Friday said. | “We can now advise that Adam has finally been granted bail and is now able to return to home,” a Facebook support page post made on Friday said. |
| “This is great news. We do ask at this time to respect Adam’s and his family’s privacy. Of course, our priority right now is his health and spending time with his family.” | |
| Whittington’s lawyer, Joe Karam, confirmed to the ABC he had been granted $US20,000 ($A26,000) bail and would be allowed to leave Lebanon. | |
| Related: How did it come to this? Inside the doomed bid to snatch Sally Faulkner's children | Related: How did it come to this? Inside the doomed bid to snatch Sally Faulkner's children |
| It is understood the kidnapping charges against him and Faulkner still stand. | |
| Faulkner’s children had a brief reunion with their mother following their abduction before the police intervened and they were returned to their father, Ali al-Amin. | Faulkner’s children had a brief reunion with their mother following their abduction before the police intervened and they were returned to their father, Ali al-Amin. |
| Amin had brought the couple’s two young children to Lebanon in May last year and refused to return them to their mother in Brisbane. | Amin had brought the couple’s two young children to Lebanon in May last year and refused to return them to their mother in Brisbane. |
| Faulkner, the TV crew and the recovery agents all spent time in a Lebanese jail, before a deal was struck allowing Faulkner and the 60 Minutes team to be released and return to Australia. | Faulkner, the TV crew and the recovery agents all spent time in a Lebanese jail, before a deal was struck allowing Faulkner and the 60 Minutes team to be released and return to Australia. |
| In May an internal investigation at Nine said “inexcusable errors” were made in pursuing the story. | In May an internal investigation at Nine said “inexcusable errors” were made in pursuing the story. |