UK mum who left family for Kenyan Maasai warrior speaks out: "It was a big mistake"

Cheryl Thomasgood with Daniel Lekimencho while married (photo courtesy/Dailymail)

A British mother who abandoned her husband and three children to be with a Kenyan Maasai warrior is now speaking out, decades later with deep regret.

Cheryl Thomasgood, now 65, swapped her quiet suburban life on the Isle of Wight for a manyatta in Samburu after falling for 6ft 2in Maasai dancer Daniel Lekimencho during a holiday at Bamburi Beach Hotel in Mombasa.