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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Angela Ferguson & Patrick Edrich

Family of British aid worker in Ukraine hope for 'closure' by bringing his body home

The family of a man who died in detention in Ukraine are hoping for "closure" by bringing his body home.

Paul Urey's family are hoping to get "closure" by raising the £10,000 needed to bring his body back home to Warrington after he died in detention in Ukraine. Mr Urey, 45, was working as an aid worker in the war-torn country when he was detained by Russian-backed separatists at a checkpoint in April.

The dad, who had a heart condition, was reportedly trying to evacuate a mum and her two children along with fellow aid worker Dylan Healy when he was stopped and accused of being a mercenary. He died in detention in July. Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said his body showed " signs of possible unspeakable torture ".

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