A man who faked his identity to marry a woman in Dubai in 2007 and was only discovered by his wife after 13 years was sentenced by Dubai Criminal Court to three years in jail to be followed by deportation.

The man forged documentation to get married, using another man’s identity.

The wife claimed that she discovered the deceit when she urged her husband to apply for a passport for their 12-year-old son.

When the woman pressed her husband, he later on admitted that he was using the identity of another man.

“He told me his real name after which I went to the police and reported him, then asked for a divorce,” the woman complained.

A police officer told the Dubai Criminal court: “But he told me the woman’s father knew the truth at the time and agreed.”

The man was sentenced for cases of forgery and providing false information to public employees.

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