Surrogate mother Pattaramon Chanbua holds her son Gammy, born with Down Syndrome. Photo / Getty Images
There is, it seems, no end to David Farnell's capacity to shock and outrage.
The Perth man first came to notice when he and his wife, Wendy Li, left disabled son Gammy behind in Thailand, where he had been born to a surrogate mother. They took his healthy twin sister,
Pipah, home with them.
Not long afterwards, it emerged Farnell was a convicted child sex offender. But he and Li still have custody of Pipah following an investigation by Western Australia's Department for Child Protection.
Now, straining belief, Farnell is trying to get his hands on money that was raised for Gammy's upbringing after the case made international headlines last year. After he and Li abandoned the Down syndrome boy, Gammy's surrogate mother, Pattaramon Chanbua, said she would raise him.
A total of A$235,062 ($252,934) was donated by more than 6000 people around the world, with the funds to be administered by Hands Across the Water, an Australian charity that supports Thai children.
