The friend of a bigamist who pretended his first marriage was over claims he had also been duped after he was asked to be best man at both weddings. Mark Stapleton, 47, said he was 'shocked' to find out that friend of 20 years, Adrian Linham, had lied about divorcing his first wife and went on to marry another woman. The 43-year-old had been dating Hayley Totterdell for three years and secretly splitting his time between there and his marital home with loyal wife of seven years Liz, 37, near Bristol. Scroll down for video Mark Stapleton (left) was best man at both weddings and claims friend of 20 years, Adrian Linham (right), had told him he divorced wife Liz two years before his new marriage
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Mark Stapleton was 'shocked' to discover his best friend was still married
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He claims he was  duped after Adrian Linham assured him he was divorced
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Linham had been living a double life with wife Liz and girlfriend Hayley
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He secretly proposed to and married Hayley in Riviera Maya, Mexico
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Ceremony held on same beach he had honeymooned on with Liz, 37
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First wife found out when her mother-in-law wrote to her about 'divorce'
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She investigated and found husband's new wedding photos on Facebook
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Bigamist is now jailed for 18 weeks - but new wife is standing by him
But after several years of marriage, Linham met @placeholder, who he then married at the same resort he had visited with his previous wife six years earlier
Liz said: 'I'd always known about @placeholder but the way he'd speak of her was just "oh she's loaded, her and her husband have got more money than sense so I do as many jobs as possible at their house to rinse them".