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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Tory Shepherd

Off-grid UK-Australian couple describe ‘anguish’ at removal of children by Italian court

Nathan Trevallion, from Bristol, and Catherine Birmingham, from Melbourne, were raising their three children off-grid in Italy
‘We are deeply saddened’ … Nathan Trevallion and Catherine Birmingham were raising their three children off-grid in Italy Photograph: Supplied

A couple have told of their heartache, trauma and stress after fighting for two years for their right to parent their children as they choose in the glare of the world’s attention.

The three children of a Melbourne woman, Catherine Birmingham, and her British partner, Nathan Trevallion, were removed from their “dilapidated” off-grid home in Italy last year.

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