CAPTIVE MINISTER EX-ARMED ROBBER.Byline: By STEPHEN WHITE A SCOTS missionary held in Gambia is a former armed robber who found Christianity - and his future wife - in jail, it emerged last night. David Fulton, 60, and wife Fiona, 46, were arrested last Saturday in the Muslim West African West Africa A region of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea. It was largely controlled by colonial powers until the 20th century. West African adj. & n. country, accused of inciting rebellion. His father-in-law Peter McMinn, 80, of Teignmouth, Devon, last night claimed the pair were the victim of "trumped up charges". David, from Troon, Ayrshire, is being held in a top security jail while Fiona and their two-year-old adopted daughter are kept at a local police station. Mr McMinn said David was David Was (born David Weiss, 26 October 1952, Detroit) is, with his stage-brother Don Was, the founder of the influential 1980s pop group, Was (Not Was). Reviewed by The New York Times being held in "horrific" conditions, adding: "He hasn't been eating as he believes there are people there who want to poison him." Mr Fulton admitted in a Gambian newsletter: "I robbed security cars." Fiona and David first David First (born August 20, 1953) is an American composer. His music most often deals with drones and interference beats, the latter aligning his music with that of Alvin Lucier. met while he was in a Devon jail and she was talking to inmates about Christianity. He later converted and they met when he was freed. The couple have children Iona, 20, and Luke, 17 in England. CAPTION(S): DETAINED David Fulton |
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