Laye, interesting story... On Nov 12, 2011 10:44 AM, "Laye Jallow" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2060502/Widowed-millionairess-abandoned-Gambian-husband-wants-fortune.html?printingPage=true > > Click here to print > > MailOnline - news, sport, celebrity, science and health stories > How could I have been so foolish? Widowed millionairess abandoned by > Gambian husband of two years... and now he wants her fortune > > Widow, 59, married young Gambian a year after meeting him on dating > website > She trusted him as he had job in UK and never asked about her wealth > > By Arthur Martin and Andy Dolan > > Last updated at 2:38 PM on 12th November 2011 > > After the devastating loss of her husband, lonely millionairess > Christine Ince thought she had found love again with a younger Gambian > man. > > Aware of the potential pitfalls, the 59-year-old widow spent a year > getting to know Mustapha Jabbai, 36, before agreeing to marry him. > > The mother of three believed his intentions were honourable because he > had a permanent job in the UK and had never asked her about her > wealth. > Better days: Lonely millionairess Christine Ince, 59, thought she had > found love again with Mustapha Jabbai, 36, seen here in 2007 > > Better days: Lonely millionairess Christine Ince, 59, thought she had > found love again with Mustapha Jabbai, 36, seen here in 2007 > > However, shortly after their second anniversary, Mr Jabbai walked out > of her £850,000 five-bedroom detached home in the picturesque village > of Tilbrook, near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire. > > Hours later, Mrs Ince discovered their wedding certificate and other > documents Mr Jabbai would need to stay in the UK were missing. > > Worse was to follow. Mr Jabbai then filed for divorce and is demanding > the millionairess pay him maintenance and a one-off separation payment > and set him up with a pension. > > In a witness statement for the divorce hearing, Mrs Ince claims the > marriage was a ‘sham’ so ‘he could get an indefinite leave to remain > visa’. > Assets: Christine stands outside her £850,000 five-bedroom detached > home in the picturesque village of Tilbrook, near Huntingdon in > Cambridgeshire > > Assets: Christine stands outside her £850,000 five-bedroom detached > home in the picturesque village of Tilbrook, near Huntingdon in > Cambridgeshire > > She goes on to accuse Mr Jabbai of bigamy and claims the woman he > introduced to her as his sister is actually his Gambian wife Yama > Jabbai. > > Mrs Ince believes he walked out on her just after their two-year > anniversary because he had spent long enough married to her to be > granted the right to stay in Britain. > > ‘At the time, I believed he cared for me,’ she said in her statement. > > ‘I have been made ill by Mustapha’s betrayal of my trust, by his lies > and deceit. I feel violated as if I have been raped. > > ‘It is distressing for me to have lived with someone and to find out I > actually know nothing about them. > > 'He has used me and my commitment to him to gain entry into the UK and > [obtain] the legal right to stay here.’ > > Mrs Ince, a former management accountant, married Bill Ince in 1977 in > Chertsey, Surrey. > > They went on to have three children – Elizabeth, now 31, Charlotte, > 29, and Robert, 25. > > Her husband, a joint-owner of a major tyre company, collapsed at their > home in 2003 and died six weeks later, at the age of 63. > > Mrs Ince went on to have breast cancer but has since recovered. After > a tough three years, friends persuaded her to sign up to popular > dating website Plenty of Fish. > > She met Mr Jabbai, who was working for PC World in Reading, on the > site and the pair enjoyed a series of dates. > Meeting the family: Christine Ince and Mustapha Jabbai at their > engagement party in July 2007 > > Mrs Ince told the Daily Mail: ‘Mustapha was different to all the other > men I had met through the dating site. > > ‘He didn’t try to get me into bed straight away and he didn’t ask me > about how much money I had, which some men did. > > 'He wasn’t a stunning man by any means but he seemed kind and caring. > I know there are guys around who see me as a target because of my > wealth. > > ‘So I checked Mustapha out in lots of ways and with lots of questions. > But he never faltered and was so plausible.’ > > After a year the couple travelled to the city of Brikama in Gambia > where they married in front of Mr Jabbai’s family and friends. > > But when they returned to the UK, Mr Jabbai began to demand money from > his new wife, she claims. > Experiencing her husband's culture: Christine with Jabbai's family in > the Gambia in 2007 > > Experiencing her husband's culture: Christine with Jabbai's family in > the Gambia in 2007 > > Mrs Ince says she travelled to the visa office in Croydon where she > paid £1,000 for his permanent visa. > > During their two-year marriage, she spent £30,000 on him which he has > not repaid, she alleges. > > ‘After he walked out, I realised what had happened and I felt so > foolish and gullible,’ she said. > > ‘But now I am angry because he is trying to get money from me through > the divorce courts. It feels like I am on trial even though I’m the > one that has been duped.’ > > > The Mail has learned that two months before this, he won the right to > permanently stay in the UK. > > Mr Jabbai, who now lives in Coventry, has denied the accusations in a > letter sent by his legal firm Hammon Solicitors to Mrs Ince. > > When the Mail asked for a response from a man fitting his description > at an address registered to Mr Jabbai, he claimed he was someone else. > > The most recent statistics show that in 2008, 115 Gambians were > granted citizenship after marrying UK nationals. > > Immigration Minister Damian Green said last night: ‘We are considering > requiring couples to complete a five-year probation to prove their > marriage is genuine before they are eligible for settlement. > > ‘We will always seek to revoke the settlement rights of any foreign > national who has used deception to obtain it.’ > > > > > Find this story at > > www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2060502/Widowed-millionairess-abandoned-Gambian-husband-wants-fortune.html > > Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd > > Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group > GlamEntertainment > © Associated Newspapers Ltd > > > -- > -Laye > ============================== > "With fair speech thou might have thy will, > With it thou might thy self spoil." > --The R.M > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface > at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤