By Ellen Coughlan For Mailonline. A British family who bought a private island near Nicaragua and ended up in a battle to reclaim it from local indigenous people which ended in kidnapping and death.
The story of Jayne Gaskin, a former Playboy Bunny Girl and croupier, her partner and Jayne's children, Damien 13, James 11 and Cherry nine, who she shares with ex-husband Phil Gaskin, captivated the nation in when they featured in Channel 4 documentary No Going Back. Viewers watched Jayne, her kids and her new partner also called Phil, attempt to leave behind their ordinary life in Britain for the 9.
Maria Acosta, a local human rights lawyer, launched a legal battle to reclaim the island for Nicaragua's indigenous population, but the story evolved into more than just a courtroom drama — ending in disaster, with the family kidnapped at gunpoint and Phil dying from an asthma attack. Now, the jaw-dropping story of the family from Hampshire is told in The Price of Paradise, a new true crime podcast by Wondery and Forest Sounds.
A British family who bought a private island near Nicaragua and ended up in a battle to reclaim it from local indigenous people which ended in kidnapping and death pictured Jayne, her kids and her partner Phil. When Jayne and her partner Phil bought the island, they were confident that the sale was legal. The keys were sold to a private person by the government years earlier.
Once living on the island the blended family quickly clashed with locals, who claimed it was a sacred space that was only to be passed down through generations and the local community launched a campaign to reclaim their home.
