A VICAR yesterday appeared in court charged in relation to 180 bogus marriages to allow illegal immigrants to stay in Britain.
The Rev Alex Brown, 60, is charged with conspiring with a Ukrainian illegal immigrant to facilitate the breaching of immigration laws.
The court heard up to five sham marriages took place every day in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, over the past two years.during which his church of St Peter and St Paul is said to have had a sudden influx of African worshippers
Magistrates heard that the majority of the brides were from eastern Europe and wed non-EU nationals from Africa purely to enable them to get residency in Britain.
Mr Brown, a popular vicar in the seaside town for more than 18 years, appeared at Hastings magistrates court yesterday.
The charges relate to a period between April 2007 and June this year, during which his church of St Peter and St Paul is said to have had a sudden influx of African worshippers.
Mr Brown is also charged with one count of solemnising marriages without publishing the banns. continues here
The Rev Alex Brown, 60, is charged with conspiring with a Ukrainian illegal immigrant to facilitate the breaching of immigration laws.
The court heard up to five sham marriages took place every day in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, over the past two years.during which his church of St Peter and St Paul is said to have had a sudden influx of African worshippers
Magistrates heard that the majority of the brides were from eastern Europe and wed non-EU nationals from Africa purely to enable them to get residency in Britain.
Mr Brown, a popular vicar in the seaside town for more than 18 years, appeared at Hastings magistrates court yesterday.
The charges relate to a period between April 2007 and June this year, during which his church of St Peter and St Paul is said to have had a sudden influx of African worshippers.
Mr Brown is also charged with one count of solemnising marriages without publishing the banns. continues here
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