A former Torquay couple jailed for sedition in Gambia may know this week if their year-long sentence will be cut.
Lay preachers David and Fiona Fulton, who used to live in the Barton area of the resort, are hoping they could be released after eight months for good behaviour. Peter McMinn, Fiona's father who lives in Teignmouth, said an appeal against the Christian evangelists' conviction was expected to be heard in the next few days.
Fiona, 46, and David, 60, were sentenced to a year's hard labour last month after admitting undermining the West African country by sending emails claiming The Gambia was 'sinking into a morass of Islam'.
Mr McMinn, 81, said he had not seen a national newspaper report yesterday which made claims about his son and daughter, although he is quoted in the article. He said: "If people want the truth they should go to the person they are talking about. I've no direct information from the Gambia because it always comes from my son." He added: "I don't think everything I hear is always the truth."
The newspaper feature gave family details about the couple's adopted daughter and claims about Mr Fulton's army career.
Mr McMinn said he was beginning to be 'bothered' by the attentions of the media over the family's plight. He said he was not aware of any possible early release for David and Fiona for 'good behaviour'. "I've not heard anything about it. I don't want to get into things which may or may not happen -- but they can happen very quickly," he said. 
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