Wife turned detective to expose husband as a secret bigamist
Wife spotted suspicious photos of husband on Facebook then turned detective to expose him as a secret bigamist who had been married with children for 15 YEARS behind her back
- Maria Guillen Garcia, 47, turned detective after seeing photographs of husband
- She contacted Bridget O’Connell McCabe, 58, who told her she was his wife
- Police got involved and Tom McCable will be sentenced at crown for bigamy
A suspicious wife uncovered she was married to a bigamist father after spotting picture of his secret double life online.
Maria Guillen Garcia, 47, turned detective after clocking photographs of her husband Tom McCabe, 51, which suggested he had a son with another woman.
Ms Garcia contacted a lady called Bridget O’Connell McCabe, 58, who told her the boy was actually McCabe’s stepson but that they had a daughter together.
She then said she was still married to him after tying the knot in 1995 in Kent.
It meant Ms Garcia’s wedding to McCabe in August 2010 had been a bigamous one.
Police were informed and he was hauled to Highbury Corner magistrates court this week.
McCabe admitted bigamy at the hearing. He will be sentenced at Harrow Crown Court later this month.
Second wife Maria Guillen Garcia and Tom McCabe at their wedding back in August 2010
Tom McCabe, 51, marrying his first wife Bridget O’Connell McCabe, 58, back in 1995
Ms Garcia told the Mirror outside court: ‘He told me they were together for 14 years but never married or had children. He showed me pictures of his stepson, who he told me was his nephew.
‘I knew something wasn’t right because Bridget had his surname. I saw a picture of his daughter, who he told me was his niece, it looked so much like him.
‘I was trying to find out for about a year if he was married.
‘He probably thought I’d never find out but I’m not stupid.’
The court heard McCabe married Bridget in Kent in August 1995 but they split nine years later and she went to Ireland to live.
He met second wife Maria Guillen Garcia in November 2009 and married her at the Wood Green Civic Centre, North London, in August 2010.
The bigamy case was heard at Highbury Corner magistrates court yesterday by JPs
Prosecutor Umaima Peracha told Highbury Corner magistrates court in North London: ‘Bridget told Ms Garcia in 2009 she applied for separation.
‘She confirmed she never asked Mr McCabe for a divorce and she never filed for a divorce from him.’
Bridget, 58, said: ‘You never get away from him because you always have old memories dragged back.
‘His new wife started messaging my children and they said she kept asking them questions about Tom.
‘One day I messaged her. She said she was married to him and I said ‘well that’s weird, because I’m still married to him unfortunately’.
‘The reason I didn’t bother divorcing him is because I didn’t want to see him again. I did not tell him we were divorced, he is lying.
‘I don’t really care who he marries as I haven’t seen him for about 12 years, but whoever this other woman is, she doesn’t deserve this.’
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