Emily Horne
Emily Horne | |
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Born | York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom | 9 December 1978
Spouses | 7 |
Emily Horne (born 9 December 1978) is a British woman, best known for being a multiple bigamist after her well-publicised marriages to six men without informing them of her previous marriages and without ever legally divorcing any of them. Horne has been tried and sentenced twice for bigamy. She later changed her name by deed poll and is known as Maxine-Accastes Quiberberon.[1]
Life
After finishing high school, Horne went on to studies in
Horne married her first husband, Paul Rigby, in December 1996 at the age of 18 while she was on leave from the
Her third husband was Chris Barratt. She left Leeds for Ipswich in 2002, and married train guard James Matthews a matter of weeks later. After serving a short sentence for bigamy, she met Ashley Baker in
At the time of her sentencing in 2009, Horne had married five times without dissolving her first and only legal marriage.
Cautions and verdicts
In August 2004, Horne was cautioned by the police for two cases of bigamy.
In 2011, Horne was arrested and tried for trying to obtain prescription drugs by posing as her seventh husband. Found guilty, she was due to be sentenced on 20 January 2012, but the verdict was postponed pending psychiatric evaluation.[9] On 20 March 2012, she was handed a 12-month community order with supervision. The judge also imposed a 28-day electronically tagged curfew from 7pm to 7am.[5]
References
- ^ "Bigamist Emily Horne's fraud sentence delayed for reports". BBC News. 20 January 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ a b c The Daily Telegraph 23 June 2009, accessed 29 July 2009
- ^ "Husband Of Bigamist Demands Divorce". HuffPost UK. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "Serial bigamist Emily Horne snares her sixth husband!". Zee News. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ a b Guardian.co.uk March 21, 2012: Bigamist Emily Horne is spared jail after dressing as seventh 'husband' to obtain prescription, accessed 21 March 2012
- ^ The Bigamist Bride: My Five Husbands, accessed 22 October 2009.
- ^ Sunday Mirror, 8 February 2004, accessed 29 July 2009
- ^ The Times 28 July 2009, accessed 29 July 2009
- ^ BBC.co.uk Jan 20 2012: Bigamist Emily Horne's fraud sentence delayed for reports, accessed 10 March 2012