He was carrying the backpack he wore on his four-hour jet ski journey from the Isle of Whithorn, Scotland across the Irish Sea on December 11.
Mum of two Jessica, who is selfisolating, had called for him to be freed from a 28-day sentence for Christmas.
She said yesterday: "He's on his way home. I meant it when I said I'd marry him if he asked me. Anyone who is prepared to cross an ocean to see you has got to be serious."
The healthcare worker added, jokingly: "Mind you, I don't think I'd be prepared to do the same for him!"