Treasured photographs of a family at the centre of an international child abduction scandal have been released ahead of an explosive tell-all TV interview.
In one image Sally Faulkner, who was embroiled in a botched child abduction with 60 Minutes, is seen grinning alongside her estranged Lebanese husband Ali Elamine.
Another, released ahead of Ms Faulkner’s two-part interview with ABC’s Australian Story, shows a happy young family beaming at the arrival of their newest addition.
Sally Faulkner (right) is set to appear in a new tell-all special with ABC’s Australian Story about the attempted abduction of her children from estranged husband Ali Elamine (left)
The Brisbane mother has released never-before-seen family photos ahead of the interviews
The couple’s two children, Lahela, five, and Noah, three, are currently living in Lebanon with their father after a failed attempt to bring them home earlier this year.
Next week Faulkner will feature in a two-part special to reveal exactly what happened when she travelled to Beirut with a 60 Minutes crew in April.
The abduction was carried out with child recovery agents after Elamine took the couple’s children to Lebanon for a holiday ten months earlier and never returned.
The attempted to snatch the children, but as Ms Faulkner was hiding out in a safe house in a poor part of Beirut, she was found by local police and thrown in jail.
The couple’s two children, Lahela, five, and Noah, three, are living in Lebanon with their father
The botched child abduction was carried out by a 60 Minutes crew including Tara Brown
Also imprisoned were 60 Minutes crew Tara Brown, David Ballment, Stephen Rice and Ben Williamson, who spent two weeks in jail.
Ms Faulkner was forced to relinquish all custodial rights to the children in return for unlimited visits and holidays, to ensure her release from jail on bail in Lebanon.
Australian Story: When Plans Change is a two-part special airing Monday October 17 & 24 at 8pm on ABC & iview.