THE fiancée of a former soldier who served four years of a five years prison sentence in India before being acquitted of all charges, has revealed their relationship is over.

Jessica Kemp, from Rawtenstall, had previously told the Lancashire Telegraph of her devastation after former solider Ray Tindall was arrested on-board the MV Seaman Guard Ohio, an anti-pirate ship working in Indian waters in October 2013.

The former sniper was one of six British soldiers and 29 others from Estonia, Ukraine and India to be arrested.

Charges of having illegal and unlicensed weapons were quashed in July 2015 by an Indian High Court, however that decision was appealed by prosecutors and they were imprisoned in January 2016 and fined 3,000 rupees, around £30.

However Mr Tindall has since been acquitted of all charges and is expected to be home before Christmas.

Miss Kemp, who had met Mr Tindall online after the original charges were quashed, had campaigned heavily to have her fiancée released from prison, including sending a petition with more than 400,000 signatures to parliament.

The couple, who got engaged on New Year’s Eve in 2016, had hoped to open up a specialist butchers shop and had secured a property in Waterfoot.

Buy yesterday Miss Kemp said there was 'no longer a relationship' between her and Mr Tindall, who is originally from Cheshire.

Following the announcement of a verdict in the Chennai Six case, foreign secretary Boris Johnson, said: “Since I became foreign secretary, this case has been a top priority for everybody at the Foreign Office and today’s verdict is fantastic news.

“The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has worked tirelessly behind the scenes to reunite these men with their families.

“The importance the UK government places on their case cannot be overstated.

“The men, their families and their supporters, who have campaigned unrelentingly, must be overjoyed.

“I share their delight and I hope they can return home as soon as possible.”

Along with Mr Tindall, Billy Irving, from Connel, Argyll and Bute, Nick Dunn, from Ashington, Northumberland, Paul Towers, from Pocklington, John Armstrong, from Wigton, Cumbria, and Nicholas Simpson, from Catterick, North Yorkshire were all acquitted of all charges.