A bride and groom who were arrested at their sham wedding have both been jailed for eight months.
Pavel Mirga, 23, and Florence Babawale, 19, were arrested by immigration officials outside a church in
Streatham, south London, in August.
Last month, Mirga, a Czech national, pleaded guilty to assisting illegal immigration and making a false
statement with reference to marriage.
Nigerian Babawale admitted perjury and possessing false identity documents.
The marriage was set up to help Babawale stay in the country, but she had
supplied the church with a passport containing a false residency stamp and had lied about her address.
Det Supt Chris Foster, head of the UK Border Agency's London Immigration Crime team,
said: "I think this will send out a strong message to those who try to flout the immigration system in this way.
"The UK Border Agency and our law enforcement partners are now targeting those who
take part in or organise sham marriages, and they face arrest and prison."
The pair were jailed at Inner London Crown Court on Monday.
I HOPE THE PSYCHOPATH NIGERIAN POLITICIANS ARE READING
BECAUSE IF NOT FOR YOUR GREEDINESS AND FOOLISH ACTS
WE WILL NOT BE IN THIS PREDICAMENT
NIGERIA IS SO BLESS BUT YOU LOOTED EVERYTHING
TO DEVELOP THE WESTERN WORLD
THAT SHOW THE LEVEL OF YOUR FOOLISHNESS
THAT GOES TO ALL POLITICIANS AND THE RECKLESS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
GOD WILL JUDGE YOU.
THE SUFFERING OF INNOCENT NIGERIANS WILL BE VISITED ON YOU AND YOUR SEEDS
ISEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
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