Meghan's father Thomas Markle detained for allegedly cutting off ankle monitor, officials say

Thomas Markle, the father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has been detained in Florida for allegedly removing his ankle monitor, according to justice department officials in Los Angeles.Markle appeared before a federal magistrate judge in Tampa after allegedly removing the monitor at 01:45 local time (06:45 GMT), a justice department (DoJ) spokesperson told the BBC.The judge ordered him jailed without bond and he is now in federal custody, the spokesperson said. Markle, who has previously denied possessing images of child sex abuse, was arrested in Florida last week and placed under house detention. He was also ordered to wear a location monitoring device. The BBC has contacted representatives for Markle."Release conditions are court orders, not suggestions. We are asking the court to revoke his release and detain him pending trial, and we will continue to prosecute this case to the fullest extent of the law," Bill Essayli, the US attorney for Central California, wrote on X on Tuesday.Markle was first arrested last week after the FBI, acting on warrants, searched storage units in Los Angeles registered to him which he had rented since 2008, with the last payment being made in October...