Do you take me to be your unlawfully wedded husband?

The moment police swooped on Dutch lesbian's sham marriage to Nigerian in an Essex church

A Ugandan man who organised a sham marriage between a Nigerian and a Dutch lesbian has been jailed for three years.
'Bride' Roqsilmar Marti, 28, and 'groom' Gafar Makanjuola, 32, had been standing at the altar when police swooped on the pair in August last year.
A vigilant vicar tipped off the authorities and UK Border Agency officials arrested the fake couple at St John the Baptist in Tilbury, Essex.

Caught: 'Bride' Roqsilmar Marti, 28, and 'groom' Gafar Makanjuola, 32, had been standing at the alter when police swooped on the pair in August last year

Busted: Gafar Makanjuola was standing at the altar when officers from the UK Border Agency swooped on the 'wedding'
Now Abdallah Magezi, 36, who fixed the wedding, has been found guilty of conspiring to facilitate a breach of UK immigration law at the end of a four-day trial at Basildon Crown Court, Essex.
Judge John Loge told Magezi: 'People have to play by the rules.
'Those who seek to circumvent the rules as you did face lengthy custodial sentences.'

Fixer: Abdallah Magezi, 36, jailed for three years over the sham marriage
Magezi arranged for Dutch bride Roqsilmar Marti, 28, and Nigerian groom Gafar Makanjuola, 32, to tie the knot on August 25 last year. 
But church vicar, the Reverend Timothy Codling, became suspicious after spotting different addresses for the bride and groom on their paperwork. 
He contacted the authorities and officials from the UK Border Agency and the police raided the church and arrested the couple. 
It was later revealed Marti had been in a long-term lesbian relationship at her home in Holland.
The couple both pleaded guilty in Basildon crown court to conspiracy to commit an immigration offence. They are due to be sentenced at a later date.
Marrying a citizen of not only Britain, but of any European Union country, gives a non-EU national the right to live, work and claim benefits here.
But Magezi had fled the scene and jumped onto a railway line where he was eventually arrested. 
During the trial the court heard Magezi, who had spent 230 days on remand, had been paid to set up the marriage so that the groom could stay in the UK. 
Magezi, a Ugandan who came to the UK in 2007, will face automatic deportation once released from prison.
The father of one, who has a previous conviction for fraud, showed no emotion as the guilty verdict was read out.

Escape: Magezi fled St John the Baptist in Tilbury, Essex, and jumped onto a railway line where he was eventually arrested
Judge Lodge praised Mr Codling for his 'diligent observations'.  He said: 'For a member of the parish clergy to go to the extent he did - to spot an error, report that error and then allow his church to be used in catching those responsible, he deserves the commendation of the court - and that he shall receive.'
Speaking after the sentencing, Detective Sergeant Andy Harvey, from the UK Border Agency's Immigration Crime Team, said: 'Magezi was the Mr Fix-it of the operation.  He was the one pulling the strings. 
'When he was arrested we found he had Marti's ID card in his pocket, which he had held on to as insurance that she would go through with the ceremony. 
'Magezi sought to undermine the UK's immigration laws for personal profit.'