Grandma duped out of £50,000 by bigamist African Young Lover Because Of British Citizenship

She is 58 and had married a younger Senegalese husband ,Laye , who has walked out on her after obtaining his British citizenship. She had no idea that Laye had been in the UK illegally and that he was already married to at least two other women.

She said there was an 'instant attraction' and their romance had a 'normal progression to a full-on relationship'.
He told her he was a widower supporting three young children in Senegal. Kim said she had no reason not to believe him as he even had his wife's death certificate to prove it.


'He said he was religious man so couldn't live with me if we weren't married. He told me he didn't believe in polygamy and didn't do affairs.
Kim, who was unable to have children after an ectopic pregnancy left her infertile, said the prospect of having a ready-made family with Laye was a dream come true.

She said: 'When we married, I thought his children would come and live with us. I was so happy.
'One of the attractions for me was that I couldn't have children. I was thrilled to be marrying a man with three lovely children, they were the apple of my eye. I spoke to them on the phone and sent them presents, they were my life.

'I even bought a five bedroom house in Dover where we could live as a family.'
'I was the happiest woman in the world thinking I had a family and it all came crashing down,' Kim said.

'I found out he'd had an affair and he said it was because he was missing his children. I gave him a second chance but then found all these other layers of lies and secrets.
'It was all thanks to Facebook that I discovered his real story.'

'You have an idea of what a person who is scammer is like. I don't have imbecile on my forehead,' she said. 'I had checked his paperwork and it had gone through lawyers, embassies and the registry office. I had met him in the UK, I didn't know he didn't have a right to be here.'