Arrest at suspected sham wedding in Liverpool

[Terpe]

29 January 2014

Acting on information that the relationship may not be genuine, our officers attended the Register Office, St George's Hall in Liverpool shortly before 10:00 on 28 January 2014.


Source:-
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/si...sham-liverpool

[Dedworth]

Doesn't state his nationality - 'Stani no doubt

[Arthur Little]

29 January 2014

Acting on information that the relationship may not be genuine, our officers attended the Register Office, St George's Hall in Liverpool shortly before 10:00 on 28 January 2014.

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He had been due to marry a 19-year-old Slovakian woman, who was interviewed by officers and later released. The 'groom' has been detained pending his removal from the UK.

Updated ... if somewhat dramatic ... version of '60s pop group, The Seekers' "Leaving of Liverpool"!

[Terpe]

Doesn't state his nationality - 'Stani no doubt

According to the Liverpool Echo he was a Nigerian man.

[Iani]

Surely someone who hasn't got the right to remain here, suddenly wanting to get married to a non-UK but EU national should get alarm bells ringing?

Grief, there's a pattern here as obvious as wondering why dogs hang around butchers shops