Bigamist hid double life as she married another man and had his baby behind husband’s back

A mum lived a secret life marrying her lover and having his little one behind the back of her husband of 18 years.

Brinda Kantamanen managed to reside a double life the place she hid her relationship and being pregnant with Matthew Hall from her husband Ravi.

They had houses simply three minutes aside and Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court heard Kantamanen entered an “incorrect” identify for her father on the wedding certificates when she married Matthew at Ealing Town Hall in 2017.

The 42-year-old was warned she might be jailed at her newest Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court listening to on Thursday (April 22), having beforehand pleaded responsible to bigamy.

The most sentence for the crime is seven years in jail.

A press release written by Ravi was learn out in courtroom describing how when he initially confronted Kantamanen with his suspicions she “both turned on the allure and grew to become ­affectionate or threatened suicide”.

The courtroom heard Ravi now finds it “troublesome to belief anybody”

When she got here clear with the reality it left him “unhappy and distraught”.

Prosecutor Ravinder Chodha mentioned: “The complainant [Ravi] confronted the defendant concerning the marriage. She accepted that she had the truth is married him and that they had a baby collectively.

“The little one was born whereas she was nonetheless married to the complainant.

“She had hidden that being pregnant from the complainant in the course of the course of their marriage.”

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Ravi and Kantamanen married in May 1999 in North Carolina and took half in a extra conventional Indian ­ceremony later that yr.

They went on to have two youngsters.

The couple then moved to reside in London the place Ravi works as a director for a world consultancy agency.

But by 2017 cracks had begun to look of their marriage and the courtroom heard Ravi began having suspicions as his spouse was away typically.

Ravi found in December 2017 Kantamanen had married Matthew two months earlier.

Brinda Kantamanen tied the knot with lover Matthew Hall (pictured) while already married

Brinda Kantamanen tied the knot with lover Matthew Hall (pictured) whereas already married

The ceremony befell at Ealing Town Hall, which is only a brief stroll from the Kantamanen household dwelling.

Ms Chodha instructed magistrates Kantamanen had entered an “incorrect” identify for her father on the wedding certificates.

The courtroom heard aggravating options of the case have been that she had a baby and hid the being pregnant.

Ravi mentioned ­discovering the affair, marriage and ­lovechild left him “unhappy and distraught”. He added: “I discover it troublesome to belief anybody.

“My dad and mom liked the defendant and handled her like a daughter, her actions have left them distraught and anxious.”

Regarding Matthew he added: “I ­found that he has lived for a number of years inside a three-minute stroll from our home.”

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Kantamanen runs her personal computing consultancy agency.

Her marriage to Ravi was formally dissolved in 2019.

Matthew refused to touch upon the case when approached by the Mirror.

He mentioned solely: “We’re sure beneath what’s happening within the courtroom.”

Ravi has additionally declined to remark.

Brinda, who now lives in Guildford, Surrey, can be sentenced on Wednesday, May 28.

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