Posted on 02/12/2008 9:07:13 AM PST by lowbridge
Bigamist caught out when he invited the same guest to BOTH his 'weddings'
A bigamist was caught out when he invited the same guest to both his 'weddings' - and then had the bravado to arrive at court hand-in-hand with his first wife while he continues to live with his second wife, a court heard.
Ageing truck driver Randolph 'Ranchie' Edge, 54, married his first wife Edna Winkle and then struck up a relationship with innocent Patience Carey, 21, who is more than 30 years younger than him.
The bizarre chain of events only came to light when a wedding guest who Edge had invited to both of his 'weddings' realised something wasn't quite right and contacted the registry office.
Bigamist: Truck driver Randolf Edge arrives at court with his first wife Edna Winkle. He is still living with his other 'wife'
Edge escaped a possible seven-year jail sentence when he appeared at Norwich Crown Court - where he was spotted strolling hand-in-hand with first wife Ms Winkle.
The court heard that Edge and Ms Carey, who he started dating when she was just 17 and proposed to her after just a year, were now better friends than ever.
Judge Peter Thompson warned Edge that he had committed a serious crime and devalued the sanctity of marriage.
But he allowed the cheating lorry driver to go free - because both his wives had got over their heartache.
Judge Thompson told him: "You consciously deceived a 21-year-old, many years younger than yourself, who was completely convinced you were free to marry.
"You happily participated in a wedding day sham."
Caught out: Randolf Edge 'married' Patience Carey despite already being married
Frank Ferguson, prosecuting, said Edge wed Ms Winkle at Long Sutton register office in 2002.
In August 2006 they decided to separate but remained in contact and never divorced.
Edge began dating Ms Carey in 2004, when she was 17, and proposed to his teenage lover after just a year. The happy couple got 'married' at King~s Lynn register office last June.
Mr Ferguson said: "He told her he had been married 20 years earlier and all her family were present at the service where he declared himself to be single.
"Somebody who attended the 2002 ceremony was present and contacted the register office about their suspicions.
"When he was arrested Mr Edge admitted what he had done and said he 'was just going along with it'."
In a statement read to the court, Ms Carey said it had felt like her "heart was bleeding" when she first discovered the truth.
But she said she did not want the lying cheat to be jailed.
She said: "I want to forget about it and get on with my life."
Mr Ferguson added: "Mr Edge's legitimate wife is here with him today and their relationship has some prospect of being revived.
"There is still confusion over his relationship with each woman."
John Morgans, defending, said though he was no longer in a relationship with Ms Carey and that they now got on better than ever.
He said Edge and Ms Winkle intend to give marriage another try once the case was over and "the future is more clear".
At the time of the second marriage Edge was battling "bereavement, alcoholism and depression".
Mr Morgans added: "He is not trying to excuse his behaviour. He has an insight into the impact his behaviour has had on these two people and had tried to put this right now all parties are in the know.
"Despite her initial shock Patience Carey has come to terms with it and they are living together as friends."
Judge Thompson sentenced Edge to 12 months of supervision by probation officers and 100 hours of community service. He told Edge: "You are very lucky.
"The last person I sentenced for bigamy went straight to prison. You flouted a law designed to preserve respect for marriage.
"Do not treat anybody with this kind of disdain again."
Bigamy is punishable by up to seven years in prison.
It is not known how many polygamous marriages exist in Britain but the Department of Work and Pensions has estimated it could be up to 1,000.
“Ageing truck driver Randolph ‘Ranchie’ Edge, 54, married his first wife Edna Winkle and then struck up a relationship with innocent Patience Carey, 21, who is more than 30 years younger than him.”
Thanks for the math lesson Daily Mail.
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I don’t know about the guy, but his first wife is guilty as hell.
Some guy is dumb enough to voluntarily want to officially marry two women (as opposed to just getting the milk for free), and the government wants to arrest and punish him.
Yet, homosexuals can adopt kids and school bookshelves contain titles such as Heather Has Two Moms?
Stupid git.
I guarantee its way more than that, now that the country has open the gate to the 3rd world dregs that follow the "prophet" mohammed.
Well, they may be able to give math lessons, but they need to brush up on their grammar rules.
Yes, the first thing that came to mind was how dumb it was to marry twice simultaneously in a society that punishes men for heterosexual marriage. There is supposed to be a marriage strike going on, according to www.mensnewsdaily.com, until the courts in the English speaking countries make it less of a huge financial risk for the male.
Regarding the journalist being “over the top”, it was actually downright vicious.
Imagine how long a journalist would stay employed if he referred to a 54 year old woman as an “aging 54 year old”.
In fact, we all KNOW that, if a 54 year old woman cuckolded her overweight, sexually unattractive husband with a 21 year old male...she would be heralded as a heroine by the local magistrate as well as in the press and she would appear on Oprah and Today (and not just Jerry Springer).
A lot of men are simply not putting up with that new double standard.
There are some books: “Spreading Misandry” and “Legalizing Misandry” which come to mind here:
England is a gynocracy, and considering the way its males bent over for Queen Victoria 150 years ago, male masochism is probably engrained too deeply in English speaking culture for it to be bred out. Where else but the English speaking world do you get that perverted Dominitrix sub-culture where men say how bad they are and get whipped for it? I never saw the fantasy value in that because we get the feeling for free every time we see Hillary shaking hands with John McCain on CNN as they stand behind Bush in the Oval Office who is signing another law that she and Senator Maria Cantwell and Olympia Snow wrote.
This “chivalric” judge had no business commenting on the age difference between two adults. Normal people have the right to their opinions (which they never say to the faces of such couples) but judges really need to uphold Constitutions (or the Magna Carta or whatever in Britain).
I can see the angle of upholding the sanctity of marriage via fines and short-term imprisonment but...
Especially in light of the way Muslim males are allowed this sort of thing, it would have taken a lot of tongue biting for me not to have talked back to that judge.
I have long had the feeling that the War on Terror will end when western males finally realize that they do not want to destroy the only bastion of defense against a world-wide matriarchy (actually, Russia is no matriarchy yet either).
And beat the sh_t out of them both!
Slicker Smith: You’re 40 years-old and you’re in love with this little girl that’s 10 years-old. You’re four times as old as that girl and you couldn’t marry her, could you?
Herbie Brown: Not unless I come from the mountains.
Slicker Smith: All right- you’re 40 years-old, you’re four times as old as this girl, and you can’t marry her, so you wait five years. By that time the little girl’s 15 and you’re 45. You’re only three times as old as that little girl. So you wait 15 years and when the girl is 30, you’re at 60. You’re only twice as old as that little girl.
Herbie Brown: She’s catching up.
Slicker Smith: Yes, yes. Now here’s the question. How long do you have to wait until you and that little girl are the same age?
Herbie Brown: Now what kinda question is that? That’s ridiculous!
Slicker Smith: Ridiculous or not, answer the question.
Herbie Brown: If I wait for that girl she’ll pass me up. She’ll wind up older than I am.
Slicker Smith: What are you talking about?
Herbie Brown: She’ll have to wait for me!
Slicker Smith: Why should she wait for you?
Herbie Brown: ...I was nice enough to wait for her!
Abbott and Costello, Buck Privates
GOOD CATCH!!!
Naw, that’s Raymond Burr aka Perry Mason
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A big-a mist?
Maybe he was just looking for extra welfare bennies like the Muslims get over there.
“Judge Peter Thompson warned Edge that he had committed a serious crime and devalued the sanctity of marriage.”
Sharia Law will bring and end to the horrible injustice of being allowed only one wife.
*snicker*
“Bigamy is having one wife too many. So is monogamy.”
—Ambrose Bierce
heheheee !!!
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