An investment banker who claims an imposter stood in for him at his own wedding has fail din his attempt to avoid a big money divorce suit.
The London investment banker told a judge his wife marriage another man 'of the same name' while he himself was relaxing at home some 6 hours away.
However, the Judge granted the wife a decree nisi last year after describing her husband as an 'unreliable' witness and ruling that 'there was a valid marriage between the couple'.
Our non-husband had pointed to a mysterious thumb-print on his marriage certificate - and an absence of wedding photos - to prove he was still a bachelor.
But his complaints were thrown out by the judge, who said he had 'no prospect' of blocking his wife's divorce petition.
The banker met his wife on an Indian matrimonial website in 2003, they became engaged just three days later and a wedding was fixed for the following month. The fiancee's family arranged a short marriage ceremony in advance of the full festivities, in order to speed along her French visa application prior to the couple's move to Europe. Our banker said he wasn't present at the first ceremony, even though the groom's name on the wedding certificate matched his own. He also said he didn't notice the discrepancies until a year after the relationship had fallen down.
After the hearing, the wife was understandably said to be 'very happy' at the outcome.
And the moral of this story? Take LOTS of photos, just in case...
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