The delay comes as startling first images of reporter Tara Brown have emerged.
In the photos, the 48-year-old looks solemn-faced as she is led by a heavy police escort into an awaiting police car to be taken back to Baabda women’s prison in Beirut.
It’s the first glimpse the world has been given of the journalist since she was detained on April 7. Sally Faulkner was also in attendance.
The women and the 60 Minutes crew, including Stephen Rice, Ben Williamson and David Ballment, were hoping to meet with a judge and apply for bail however the hearing was postponed until Wednesday.
Judge Abdullah has spoken out on the case and issued a dire warning. “This is not a custody case. They are charged with kidnapping two kids,” he said.
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Meanwhile On Tuesday Ali Elamine, the father of the two children at the centre of the case, gave an interview to Melbourne radio station 3AW.
“The kids are obviously messed up from it mentally,” he revealed of the botched child recovery mission.
“Not only were they scared but they are trying to imitate what has happened to play rough now, because they say Mummy’s friends were mean to Grandma, and I said, ‘They’re not mean, they just work out and they’re very strong and they didn’t know how to bring you in the car to Mummy,'” he explained of his children that he shares with ex, Sally Faulkner.
“Lahela, she’s trying to play rough with her brother. They’re all right. They’re a bit scared, they’re a bit shaken by the whole situation,” he said of his six-year-old daughter Lahela, and four-year-old son Noah.
“I mean, to have some randoms come out and snatch you in the middle of the street, I don’t think anyone would want that. We’re trying to deal with it as much as we can,” he reflected of the incident, which has since made headlines around the world.
The 60 Minutes reporter was man-handled back into an awaiting car after her court appearance was pushed back til Wednesday.
Mr Elamine also addressed the complex charges which await the Australians.
“It’s so weird. Sometimes I feel like, yeah, I mean, they poked their noses into a family/personal issue. It’s not like they’re going around, fighting terrorism or something.”
Before adding: “No one wants to take the blame for anything.”
“I don’t want Sal in jail, that’s for sure. But I don’t think anyone would be asking me to drop the charges if my mum was still in a coma or if one of the kids got hurt.”
The 60 Minutes crew have been holed up in a Beirut cell since the beginning of April after attempting to recover Noah and Lahela, whose Brisbane mother Sally claims were kidnapped.
Ali Elamine was pictured leaving court on Monday in Beirut.
