Posted on 02/11/2016 9:44:52 AM PST by nickcarraway
A bigamist should have paid more attention to his privacy settings – after he was caught out when his wife saw pictures of his new wedding on Facebook.
Property developer Andrew McLeod-Baikie, 52, was seen happily smiling in the wedding snaps with his new wife Helen.
First wife Susan, 51, called in police after being shocked at seeing her husband wed to another woman.
Prosecutor Sian Vaughan said: ‘The first wife was informed by a friend that she had seen pictures of the wedding of the defendant and another female.
‘He informed her he had divorced her online two years previously.’
A court heard father-of-four McLeod-Baikie told police he paid £600 for an online divorce from Susan four years ago.
But the divorce wasn’t official before he remarried to his second wife Helen, 48 – and he was arrested by police when his first wife told them: ‘He’s still officially married to me.’
Mark Layton, defending, said McLeod-Baikie had paid £600 to get a divorce online a year after parting from his first wife in 2011.
Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/03/its-complicated-bigamist-is-caught-out-when-wife-sees-his-new-wedding-on-facebook-5660612/#ixzz3zsmZ1Nri
He said: ‘He presented the paperwork to the vicar who married them. It was quite a large function, and he was not secretive about it. ‘He should have paid more attention to the paperwork.’
Magistrates at Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, fined him £400 and ordered him to pay £400 in costs.
Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/03/its-complicated-bigamist-is-caught-out-when-wife-sees-his-new-wedding-on-facebook-5660612/#ixzz3zsmTgAQ1
Sounds more like an unintentional paperwork screwup rather than a deliberate attempt to have two wives (Who’d want to do that?)
I thought people could now marry whatever it is they wanted to marry and as often as they want. Hey as long as he “loves” them. /s
Yeah, this isn’t the case of a man being deceptive, this is a clerical error.
-Who’d want to do that?-
Oh, I dunno. Half of Utah maybe??
Well...it is now...
He informed her he had divorced her online two years previously.
Online divorce”, who knew?
This is not an attack on you...but why pick on this lone individual? Why not expose the entire polygamist misogynist religion of Islam where you are encouraged to have multiple wives and you can “beat them all” legally?!?
What makes you think this man is Muslim?
No man in his right mind wants TWO wives!
I think the fact that he tried to have some kind of dubious divorce shows he is not claiming he had a right to marry more than one wife.
I should have read the article...my bad.
No man in his right mind wants TWO wives!
Two wives equals two mothers-in law.No thank you.
“A court heard father-of-four McLeod-Baikie told police he paid £600 for an online divorce from Susan four years ago.
“But the divorce wasn’t official before he remarried to his second wife Helen...”
He should have had Prime, would have gotten it in 2 days.
Well, if he had claimed he was a muslim, the court probably would have congratulated him and sent him on his way with no fines...
He’s not from Utah
LOL!
Half of Utah is married to the other half of Utah.
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