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 Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 9:28 am Post subject: Holiday parents may face charges |
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A British couple, who allegedly got so drunk that they passed out while in charge of their three young children during a holiday in Portugal, are expected to appear before a judge.
Hotel staff in Vilamoura on the Algarve called police after Eamon McGuckin, 34, and his wife Antoinette, 32, from Maghera, Northern Ireland, collapsed on Friday night.
They were rushed to a health centre in nearby Loule while their children - Adam, one, Amy, two, and Aaron, six - were temporarily taken into care at the Refugio Aboim Ascensao children's home in Faro.
The youngsters arrived at the home at 5am on Saturday and remained there until their parents went to collect them at noon, after the on-duty public attorney ruled they should be returned.
Police officers from Portugal's Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR) arrived at the couple's hotel apartment on Monday evening with a bundle of paperwork and spent about 45 minutes in the flat.
After the officers left, a source close to the couple said they would appear before a judge at the Family and Minors Court in Faro at 3pm. This does not necessarily mean they will face any charges.
The source said: "They are very sorry about everything. They are ashamed - they know what they did.
"They want to say to the judge that the children are safe with them. That is why they stayed - they could have gone home on Saturday."
Mrs McGuckin has said she drank only three beers and has requested details of hospital blood tests because she was "very surprised" at her reaction, the source said.
The source added: "They were tired, they had woken up at about 4am (to travel to Portugal), then there was the flight. Then it was too hot - they are very red, they got a lot of sun. All this together could be the reason."
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A British couple, who allegedly got so drunk that they passed out while in charge of their three young children during a holiday in Portugal, are expected to appear before a judge.
Hotel staff in Vilamoura on the Algarve called police after Eamon McGuckin, 34, and his wife Antoinette, 32, from Maghera, Northern Ireland, collapsed on Friday night.
They were rushed to a health centre in nearby Loule while their children - Adam, one, Amy, two, and Aaron, six - were temporarily taken into care at the Refugio Aboim Ascensao children's home in Faro.
The youngsters arrived at the home at 5am on Saturday and remained there until their parents went to collect them at noon, after the on-duty public attorney ruled they should be returned.
Police officers from Portugal's Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR) arrived at the couple's hotel apartment on Monday evening with a bundle of paperwork and spent about 45 minutes in the flat.
After the officers left, a source close to the couple said they would appear before a judge at the Family and Minors Court in Faro at 3pm. This does not necessarily mean they will face any charges.
The source said: "They are very sorry about everything. They are ashamed - they know what they did.
"They want to say to the judge that the children are safe with them. That is why they stayed - they could have gone home on Saturday."
Mrs McGuckin has said she drank only three beers and has requested details of hospital blood tests because she was "very surprised" at her reaction, the source said.
The source added: "They were tired, they had woken up at about 4am (to travel to Portugal), then there was the flight. Then it was too hot - they are very red, they got a lot of sun. All this together could be the reason."
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