A man left his partner and two kids for a Ukrainian refugee, who moved in with the family ten days before their departure . Tony Garnett, 29, walked out on Lorna, 28, after falling for Sofiia Karkadym who had fled the horrors of her hometown Lviv, Ukraine, at the start of the invasion.
As reported by Somerset Live, the security guard had initially signed up for the Government’s rehoming scheme last month but became inpatient so reached out to the 22-year-old on social media to help. Tony, from Bradford, West Yorks, became Sofiia’s sponsor and just over a week after she arrived he left his family for a new life.
He told The Sun: “It began with a simple desire from me to do the right thing and put a roof over the head of someone in need.