Chennai Six to be released from prison after judge acquits them

The so-called Chennai Six are to be released from prison after being acquitted, a judge has ruled.

Families of the British men have been campaigning for their release since they were arrested in India in October 2013.

The six were first jailed on weapons charges while working as security guards on ships to combat piracy in the Indian Ocean.

Three of the six are from the Calendar region; Ray Tindall from Hull, Nicholas Simpson from Cottingham and Paul Towers from Pocklington.

The the others are John Armstrong,from Wigton, Cumbria, Billy Irving, from Argyll and Nick Dunn, from Northumberland.