Monday, April 20, 2015

Do the ice bucket challenge - big of him

It never fails to amuse when the criminals bungle so badly as to effectively hand themselves in and sign confessions.  Facebook has become a sort of honey trap for low intelligence lowlife bragging about their burgled goods - the term 'thick as thieves' gaining new meaning.  But it can entrap others who are so careful in their lives except when it comes to leaving a digital footprint.
One such was ex-soldier, Andrew O'Clee, who, despite marrying his first wife Michelle in 2008, liked the institution so much that he married again in 2011 to Philippa, whilst still being married to Michelle.  Forging the decree absolute, he tricked his blood family into thinking that he was divorced from Michelle.  Meanwhile, he pretended with Michelle that a fraud case had caused him to enter the Witness Protection Programme, causing him to be away from home for long periods.  He knew what worked because he used the same kind of platinum engagement ring to ask successfully for Philippa's hand.  It all worked so well until the charity craze Ice Bucket Challenge reared its chilly head.
Tagged in a video of his taking the challenge with his second wife, as 'Uncle Andrew and Auntie Philippa', it popped up on the newsfeed of Michelle's sister who saw it on Andrew's brother's page (well they were all once related and technically still were) - the cheating doofus had forgotten the primary medium for the masses of the Ice Bucket Challenge was via Facebook!  From there, Michelle found that 'Auntie Philippa' had a profile picture of her marrying Andrew, along with a whole trove of photos of the second wedding, which she submitted to the police.  After the trial, 'Uncle Andrew' was subsequently jailed for eight months for bigamy.  He'll soon have a real decree absolute to add to his forged one for his records with Michelle sure to take him for every thing she can but where do his assets end and those of Auntie Philippa (who has stood by her now undivided man) begin?  The lawyers must be licking their lips.

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