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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Jamie Lopez & George Lythgoe

Heartbroken family of Manchester man who died in Ukraine close to getting his body home

The family of a Manchester aid worker are close to being able to bring his body home, they have said.

Paul Urey, from Manchester, was captured along with another worker, on April 25 at a checkpoint south of the city of Zaporizhzhia in south-eastern Ukraine. He died in captivity.

Following his death, his body has remained in Russia and his daughters were told by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) that they would need to pay nearly £10,000 in repatriation costs. But his daughter, Chelsea Coman, 20, and her sister Courtney, 17, have since raised more than £9,500 on GoFundMe at the time of writing (September 24) to be able to bring his body home from Ukraine.

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