Tuesday, January 12, 2016

British Woman Jailed For Sham Marriage To Nigerian

A babysitter who married a Nigerian immigrant in a sham ceremony has been jailed for six months. 
Emma Louise Evans, 35, wept in the dock at as she was sentenced for her sham wedding with Nigerian Kazeem Kolade Office in 2012.
Kolade has since disappeared and the police are continuing to look for him.


“Offences of this kind strike at the heart of the immigration system and the message must go out to all those thinking of engaging in this kind of behaviour that the punishment will severe,” said Judge Jonathan Gibson.
Evans had never denied taking part in the sham marriage to Kolade, but she was able to convince prosecutors she did then not go on to bigamously marry a second man, Stephen Akinseye, who she remains married to, the following January.
Defence counsel Mark Stuart was able to produce a divorce certificate, after making inquiries with the Nigerian High Commission, to prove that the first wedding had been annulled.

Evens denied bigamy and a third charge of taking part in a second sham marriage with Akinseye at Burnley.

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