“He’s devastated.”īantleman had to surrender his passport during the appeals process, and he didn’t want to flee Indonesia illegally in part because he wants to clear his name, Guy said. “This has come completely out of left field,” Guy said.
Global Affairs Canada could not confirm Bantleman was in the hands of Indonesian authorities, for privacy reasons.īantleman’s brother said Neil was stunned by the news. He was met by Canadian consular officials when he got to the airport in Bali, and they coordinated his return to custody with his lawyer and the prosecutor’s office,” Guy said in an interview Thursday. The teacher from Burlington and his wife Tracy were on the Indonesian island of Bali trying to stay out of the spotlight when they learned of the latest twist in a two year-long legal battle, Guy Bantleman told the Star. Neil Bantleman is back in Indonesian custody after the country’s Supreme Court overturned his acquittal on child sex abuse charges, according to his brother.
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