England: Drinking buddies Chris Thomas and Peter Sherratt have plenty in common, sharing a sense of humour – and, at one time, a wife. The pair, both 47, met when they discovered they were both married to bigamist Karen Sherratt, 45. She is now out of the picture – but their friendship endures. Chris says: “It might seem odd to some people that we get on so well. But we have an ex-wife in common. We have had a shared experience too. “She had us both under her spell and our close friendship is a result of that.” Wedding cheat Karen was jailed for four months this summer after she was convicted of bigamy. Her husbands could not contact each other before the trial was over due to the legal process – but when they met for a pint afterwards they noticed striking similarities in each of their experiences with Karen. Both had been smitten with the blonde and rushed to tie the knot after whirlwind romances. Karen, an area manager for a food company, had already been married and divorced when she met factory worker Peter, from Swansea, in 2005. He says: “We met on a night out and she told me all about how she was an independent woman who had come really far on her own hard work.” Their relationship developed very quickly and they were married within a year. Karen took control of the wedding plans, organising a lavish ceremony at Edinburgh Castle. But the cracks in their relationship first started to show when Peter noticed they were living outside their means
Post a Comment