[ 2016-07-27 ]

Cecilia Siaw

Ghanaian woman arrested on her wedding day in UK
Cecilia Siaw, a 45-year-old Ghanaian woman living
in the UK was swooped by police moments before her
wedding for immigration offences, according to The
Mirror.

She was walked out of the ceremony where she was
due to marry her German fiancé at Portsmouth
Register Office, Hants.

Siaw was accused of using fake identification
documents after she overstayed her leave to remain
in the UK following her legitimate entry in 2009
as a qualified teacher.

She allegedly bought some dubious documents from
a man who claimed to work for the Home Office
after the department refused to extend her leave
to remain in 2013.

Prosecutor James Kellam said: “[during an
interview with her] she claimed she bought the
document from a man on a train in circumstances
which must have alerted her to the document being
either false or improperly obtained.”

“I say that because the man from whom she
bought the document, she says, claimed to work for
the Home Office and the defendant said she paid
£5,000 for a leave to remain document.”

Cecilia Siaw has consequently been sentenced to
six months in prison.

Source - GhanaWeb

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