Roman Suru, 40, from West Bromwich, allegedly staged a sham gay wedding to help an illegal immigrant secure UK citizenship Two migrants plotted a sham gay marriage at Gretna Green while one of them was living with a woman, a court heard. Father-of-two Ramon Suru, 40, from Slovakia, is accused of setting up the bogus ceremony with Gurmail Joshan after meeting the Indian national in a pub. A court heard the two men became friends and hatched the plot because Joshan had been in the UK illegally after overstaying a student visa. Divorced Suru had even arranged for the girlfriend he was living with, fellow Slovak Marianna Bartkova, 40, to attend the fake ceremony as a witness.
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Ramon Suru, 40, allegedly set up bogus ceremony to help Gurmail Joshan
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Joshan, 36, had been living in UK illegally since overstaying student visa
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Suru even roped girlfriend into being a witness at fake ceremony, jury told
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Immigrant able to apply to stay in UK if married to EU national settled here
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Joshan admits conspiracy to breach immigration law; Suru denies charge
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Marianna Bartkova also denies charge - trial being heard in her absence
The court heard Suru had arrived in @placeholder ten years ago.