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22/10/2013

Three In Court Over Sham Marriage

A judge in Belfast has ruled that two men and a woman are to stand trial over their roles in a sham marriage plot.

Faregj Hamlat, Salem Annan and Lorraine Mary O'Brien all face charges connected to a suspected fake marriage at the City Hall, a report by UTV has said.

The would-be groom, 26-year-old Hamlat, is accused of trying to breach immigration law through the marriage which was disrupted on 4 June this year. The man, who is from Algeria but has an address on Belfast's Stockman's Lane, is also claimed to have tried to remain in the UK by deception.

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The bride-to-be, O'Brien, 31, who has an address in Newry, faces a charge of attempting to assist unlawful immigration, while the third suspect, 28-year-old Annan from Ulsterville Avenue is alleged to have committed the same offence by acting as a witness.

On Monday, all three appeared at Belfast's Magistrates Court.

At the hearing, District Judge Fiona Bagnall granted a prosecution application to have all of the accused return for trial at the Crown Court at a later date.

Both O'Brien and Annan were released on continuing bail, while Hamlat was remanded in custody.

(JP/CD)

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"A judge in Belfast has ruled that two men and a woman are to stand trial over their roles in a sham marriage plot."