ACT: Father of three to face extradition hearing

AAP General News (Australia)
08-03-2006
ACT: Father of three to face extradition hearing

CANBERRA, Aug 3 AAP - A Sydney man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today after
allegedly taking his three children from a home in Sydney's north following a domestic
dispute with their mother.

NSW Police will this afternoon lodge an extradition order for Frank Dipalma, 29, after
he was located with his three children - Angelica, five, Dimitriy, three, and Andrei,
22 months - at a Canberra motel.

ACT Police are not expected to charge Dipalma as he did not commit any crime in the territory.

Dipalma is scheduled to appear in the court at 2.30pm (AEST).

Earlier today, Dipalma phoned the Seven Network, saying he had no intention of harming
his children.

"It kills me to see on the news that I'm going to hurt the kids and I'm not like that,"

he said in a phone call played on Seven news this morning.

"I just want to spend time with my kids, OK, so if you can just put over the news for
me that I am fine and I have called the police and they are on their way and nothing is
going to happen to the kids and I'll never hurt them.

"I want something out there just saying the kids are OK and I love them and I'll never
hurt them."

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KEYWORD: CHILDREN COURT

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