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Dad locked up in Croatia after flying out of Manchester Airport on his step-daughter's passport

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A man found himself locked up in a Croatian cell for his entire holiday after border guards discovered he was trying to enter the country with someone else's passport.

An unlucky dad found out he had managed to leave Manchester using his stepdaughter's passport to board his flight. David Chadwick, 57, was excited as he boarded a Ryanair flight from Manchester to Croatia for a romantic five-day break with his wife Alison, 46.

But, when he was stopped by border guards after landing at Zagreb Airport, David realised he'd brought his stepdaughter's passport - instead of his own.

Holding just the passport belonging to his stepdaughter, 21-year-old Katherine, and no personal identification, David was detained for his entire holiday in a cell at Zagreb Airport. READ MORE: Families risk missing holidays abroad due to hundreds of passports getting lost He was then escorted onto his original flight home and detained by border officials at Manchester Airport, who confirmed his identification based on photos of his passport and driving licence on his phone and let him go home.

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