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Scot pens wedding song in jail

- STEPHEN STEWART s.stewart@dailyrecor­d.co.uk

A WRONGLY imprisoned soldier has penned a song which will be the first dance at his wedding.

Billy Irving wrote the music and lyrics while languishin­g in an Indian prison.

Dance With Me will be played when he’s released and ties the knot with his fiancee Yvonne MacHugh.

Yvonne, 28, from Neilston, Renfrewshi­re said: “Billy loves writing music and that’s been a big part of our life and a big part of his life in prison as well.

“We managed to get a guitar in prison and Billy wrote the first dance for our wedding, which is just beautiful.”

Ex-paratroope­r Billy, 37, from Connel in Argyll, is one of six former British military men – dubbed the Chennai Six – who were detained in 2013 after the Indian coastguard accused them of carrying guns without permits while working on an anti-piracy vessel.

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