Those who took part in a sham marriage six years ago were sentenced at Crown Court yesterday in Northern Ireland.
Glen Baxter had convinced himself that one day his Chinese "Bride" Nicole May Chen would fall in love with him and she would still have a long and happy life but after tying the knot in the Castereagh Registry Office they both went their own way and started new lives with other partners.
The sham wedding was held with no reception, cake, cars or even a wedding dress.
A loan of three thousand pounds was given to Glen as he went on with the marriage with the promise of an opportunity to invest in a Chinese restaurant that never took place and he has since paid back all the money.
The couple met when Nicole worked in a restaurant in Bangor that Glen regularly visited and as time went on, his feelings grew for her and he was asked to become Nicole's man, so she could avoid deportation.
The twenty seven year old undertaker, who pleaded guilty to a sham marriage so they could remain in Northern Ireland when Nicole's visa expired, got more than two hundred hours of community service. Nicole was sentenced to nine months in prison with a suspensded sentence of two years.
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