LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – A man is facing seven years in jail for living a double life, getting married to two women in Britain and Germany at the same time.
According to report, Jason Hayter’s double life was exposed when his daughter from one of his marriages messaged his second wife on Facebook asking her connection to him.
Hayter, a former soldier, had five children with his two wives and lived with one family in Germany, where he was stationed with the Army, and visited the other in the UK.
The women never knew him because he always explained his lengthy absences on being away with the Army or on training as a paramedic.
Norwich Magistrates’ Court heard Hayter was already married and divorced before legally marrying his second wife, Tracey Larkcombe, in 2010 when she was pregnant with their first child.
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In the same year he married Mrs Larkcombe he reportedly met Sara Hayter, also through a website, and began a relationship with her in the UK.
They had a child in 2014 and got married in 2016, while still legally married to his second wife, before having twins in 2018.
Hayter, appeared in court in a pinstripe suit while sitting in a wheelchair as he admitted a charge of bigamy.
Prosecutor Sally Harris said the impact of his offence on his two unwitting families had been “very significant”.
He faces up to seven years in jail when he is sentenced at Norwich Crown Court next month.
Statements from both of Hayter’s current wives were read out in court on Tuesday, 5 August.
