Ex Paratrooper who protected ships from Somali raiders held in India

Billy Irving, 35, held for more than two years in India Ex soldier had been working in country to protect ships from pirates But the ship he was on was seized in an illegal weapons raid He was kept in 'horrendous jail' for six months and has been involved in a long-running trial with a verdict due on January 11 Fiancee, Yvonne MacHugh, 27, spearheading campaign to bring him home A former Paratrooper who was arrested in India while working to protect ships from pirate attacks has been abandoned by the British Government, his fiancee claimed last night.