Rev Nathan Ntege greets the congregation outside St Jude's in Thornton Heath following the collapse of the trial Only a few days ago, he was in the dock in a Crown Court trial, facing the prospect of years in jail for allegedly overseeing a ‘conveyor belt’ of fake weddings. But yesterday the Rev Nathan Ntege, 54, was back in the pulpit at his Church of England parish and smiling broadly. He was even blessed in front of the congregation by his bishop, despite being accused of running Britain’s biggest bogus marriage racket in a £1million trial that collapsed last week.
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Rev Nathan Ntege was accused of carrying out hordes of bogus weddings
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The 54-year-old evaded persecution when a Crown Court trial collapsed
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Returned to St Jude's in Thornton Heath, south London, to resume duties
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Bishop of Croydon, Jonathan Clark, welcomed the Ugandan national back
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