The British father who left his family for a Ukrainian refugee has been reunited with his ex partner and their children on a judge's order. Tony Garnett has called it quits on his scandalous relationship with refugee, Sofiia Karkadym, whom he ditched his family for earlier this year, after their whirlwind romance came to an end after four months.
Garnett, 30 and his ex partner, Lorna, 28 welcomed the Ukrainian woman into their family home in Bradford with their two kids in May 2022. The sympathetic family sheltered the 22-year-old in their home after her country was invaded by Russia in February this year, the Mirror reports.
However, an unexpected romance quickly blossomed between Sofiia and Tony Garnett, and he abandoned his family to run away with his new lover, whom he had only known for 10 days. Their relationship recently came to a messy end after the couple had multiple disagreements and Sofiia returned to Ukraine this week.
Now Tony and his family are able to be legally together for the first time since the affair. He had reportedly been the subject of a 'non-molestation' order after he quit the family home in Bradford, Yorkshire, this summer.
But a judge has now lifted the ban and Tony marked the moment by collecting his daughters from school and treating them to an afternoon of fun at the park, according to MailOnline. Lorna joined them but says there is no going back and confirmed she is seeing someone else.
"I am chuffed beyond words. It's so amazing to be back with my kids. They come before anything," Tony said.
Lorna said: "He is actually a wonderful father who loves his daughters to bits. I know he has missed them a lot. But I had to get a court order against him because I was really worried in case his girlfriend, who he left me for, persuaded him to run away to Ukraine with her and our daughters."
She stressed their romantic relationship is dead - and said he is fine with her having a new man in her life.
The affair came to a dramatic end late last month and the break-up culminated in Sofiia being arrested twice in two days. She was released without charge.
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