The girlfriend of a lovesick dad jailed for crossing the Irish Sea on a jet ski to see her has called him "my hero". Dale McLaughlan made the treacherous 25-mile 'voyage' from Scotland to the Isle of Man last Friday from dawn to see partner Jessica Radcliffe.
The roofer spent four-and-a-half hours battling the rough seas and sparked a major Coastguard search in the daredevil bid to visit his partner of three months.
Jessica, 30, has begged the authorities to free her man - locked up for a month for breaching Covid rules - in time for Christmas.
The mum-of-two told the Daily Mail: "What man crosses the sea for a girl unless he was so besotted and completely in love? "I'm sure it will calm down.
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