When Julie Stead arrived to visit her boyfriend’s family in Gambia, she was pleased to be given an elegant cream and white outfit.
She wore it on her birthday a few days later, believing she was going to a party. But she soon discovered that the big event was her own marriage – and there was nothing romantic about it.
Her boyfriend threatened to leave her stranded in Africa if she refused to go through with it. Only after reluctantly agreeing did 28-year-old Miss Stead discover that her ‘husband’ was already married to a Gambian woman and had two children. Yesterday, as he was jailed, she told how she had been targeted by a serial conman as a means to live legitimately in the UK.
Miss Stead, a carer from Bridlington, East Yorkshire, met Ahmed Jobe, 31, at a nightclub in the seaside town in 2006.
Jobe. Now where have I heard that name …
But then he realizes that he really loves her and a screwball romantic comedy ensues starring Eddie Murphy
….and to think, it all started because the poor gal was simply doing the charitable thing – responding to the tragic plea of Dr. Mugubu Chukwana of Enugu, Nigeria, who "for 1,500 pounds can free up moneys denied him after the overthrow of the last regime resulting in a freeze on all Nigerian citizens' assets. But thanks to a loophole – and here's where you can help – I will be able to access these funds, half of which I will be more than willing to share with you…"
Will they NEVER learn?
JOB