UK: Bogus Bride and Groom Got Wedding Guests from Local Bus Stop

Daily Mail
June 16, 2014

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Cardiff Crown court heard that as soon as the day was over, the newlyweds went their separate ways.

A bogus bride and groom have been jailed after rounding up guests for their sham wedding – from a local bus stop.

Uzoma Onwuha, 30, and Robert Horvath, 35 exchanged vows at Cardiff register office, in front of strangers they’d met on the way to their ceremony in Cardiff, Wales.

But Nigeria-born Onwuha had paid Horvath £1,000 to marry her so that she could get the necessary paperwork to stay in Britain.

Staff at the register office soon became suspicious because the ‘couple’ couldn’t give basic details about each other.

Later, a police investigation showed that one guest revealed that he was invited after the pair found him at a bus stop nearby.

Cardiff Crown court heard that as soon as their big day was over the newlyweds went their separate ways.

Onwuha caught a bus back to her home in London alone where she was arrested.

Meanwhile, Horvath was seized in a raid on his home in Newport, South Wales, where he was found living with another woman.

Prosecutor Jeremy Jenkins said: ‘There were only six guests at the wedding.

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Uzoma Onwuha exchanged vows with Robert Horvath in front of strangers they met at the local bus stop and then invited to witness the nuptials.

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