An Australian television crew accused of aiding a mother in the botched kidnapping of her two children in Lebanon flew home Thursday amid reports of a multi-million dollar deal struck with the father to drop abduction charges, AFP reports.
Brisbane mother Sally Faulkner and the Channel Nine team were arrested and charged last week after Faulkner's son and daughter were snatched in broad daylight on a Beirut street.
But they were released on bail Wednesday after the father, Ali al-Amin, decided not to pursue the charges in court.