Chennai Six to be released from Indian prison.
Last updated 27th Nov 2017
The so-called Chennai Six are to be released from prison after being acquitted a judge has ruled.
Families of the British men have been campaigning for their release since they were arrested in India in October 2013.
The six were first jailed on weapons charges while working as security guards on ships to combat piracy in the Indian Ocean.
Three of the six are from the North East; Nick Dunn, 31, of Northumberland, Nicholas Simpson, 47, of Catterick.
Nick Dunn's dad, Jim, said:
"Absolutely fantastic, the best news in the world.
We haven't been a full family for a long time now. Nick won't fully realise it's over until his feet touch down in Newcastle."
The the others are John Armstrong, 30, of Wigton, Cumbria, Paul Towers, 54, of Pocklington near York, Ray Tindall, 42, of Chester, and Billy Irving, 37, of Argyll