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Manchester Evening News
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Sophie Halle-Richards

Grieving daughters told to pay £10k to bring dad's body home from Ukraine

The daughters of a British aid worker who reportedly died after being captured by Russian forces in Ukraine claim they've been told to stump up £10,000 to bring their dad's body home.

Paul Urey, 45, was captured along with another worker on April 25 at a checkpoint south of the city of Zaporizhzhia in south-eastern Ukraine. Russian-backed forces later claimed Mr Urey, who they labelled as British "mercenary", had died in captivity on July 15.

His daughters, Chelsea, 20, and Courtney Coman, 17, from Audenshaw, say were informed of their dad's tragic death by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

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