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Here cuffs the bride! The moment Polish woman was arrested in her wedding dress as she said vows to Pakistani stranger who paid her £2,500 for sham marriage
'Bride' and 'groom' were arrested as they made their vows during ceremony
Pair were jailed after admitting taking part in the sham marriage
Asif Ali claimed he wooed Helena Puchalska by cooking her a curry and serving her vodka after they met in a nightclub
But Ali was facing deportation and paid Puchalska £2,500 to marry him so he could stay in the country
Dressed in a tight, short white dress, a fur coat - and with a look of disdain plastered on her face - this was the moment a Polish woman was arrested as she tried to marry a Pakistani man in a sham marriage.
Border Agency officers swooped on the couple as they attempted to tie the knot - and were swiftly escorted from the building.
Instead of leaving Northampton Guildhall as man and wife, Helena Puchalska and her husband-to-be Asif Ali were led back down the aisle in handcuffs.
Polish citizen Puchalska, 20, was arrested in her wedding dress as she repeated vows to 31-year-old Pakistani Asif Ali during the ceremony.
Puchalska was jailed for 15 months while Ali was sentenced to two years after they admitted taking part in the sham wedding.
Sentencing the pair at Northampton Crown Court, Judge Richard Bray said: 'You were caught undergoing a sham marriage for the purposes of immigration.
'This is a serious offence, not only because it breaches our immigration laws but because of the aggravating feature that it strikes at the sanctity of marriage.
'Such offences are still prevalent today as anyone who reads the newspapers knows. Sentences of some length are needed for such blatant and cynical offending
Sham marriage: Polish woman arrested in her wedding dress as she said vows to Pakistani man | Mail Online