A bigamist who was uncovered after he appeared on Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway has been jailed.
Daniel Gundry appeared on the hit prime time show with his new wife Susan Brooker by his first wife Helen Grundy in March 2016.
Gundry was appearing in a segment with his latest wife ahead of the live surprise wedding of her sister.
Daniel Gundry, pictured with a balloon with his second wife Susan Brooker, was outed as a bigamist when his first wife saw this TV appearance in March 2016
Gundry, 38, married Ms Brooker in a ceremony in the Seychelles after he had forged documents because he was still married to his first wife Helen at the time of the ceremony
Gundry appeared on the TV show as part of the secret wedding ceremony featuring Ant and Dec and his second wife’s Susan ‘s sister Michelle right, and her fiance Sam Blackburn left
Mrs Gundry reported her absent husband to police for bigamy.
Gundry, who represented himself at Warrington Magistrates’ Court had initially denied bigamy but later admitted he had married Ms Brooker while still wed to his first wife.
According to the BBC, Grundy married his first wife in 1998 but they lived apart for several years.
Mrs Gundry thought her husband was living and working in Dubai when she and her daughter spotted him on the popular TV show.
During the segment, he was due to attend the secret wedding of his new wife’s sister.
The court heard Gundry was able to marry his second wife in the Seychelles after forging documents.
Mrs Gundry, in a victim impact statement, said: ‘He has been lying for a long time so I’m just glad that finally he’s been found out
Helen Gundry said she was watching the show with her daughter when they spotted Gundry
Gundry, and his new wife Ms Brooker were attending what they thought was the 30th birthday party of her sister’s fiance Sam when they suddenly appeared on the hit ITV prime time show
Gundry’s secret was uncovered when his first wife spotted him with his new wife on the show
A district judge told Gundry he had caused both women ’embarrassment, shame and humiliation’.
Following the case, Mrs Gundry told the Warrington Guardian: ‘I was watching the programme with my daughter as it’s her favourite show. We knew there was a lead up to this big wedding happening and all of a sudden they showed the guest getting off the coach – my daughter said straight away “that’s dad and he’s with Sue”.
‘He was supposed to have split up with her the previous year. I felt sick – my daughter collapsed and she was in tears, we were in sheer disbelief.
‘I want to put it behind me – there comes a time where you have to draw a line under it all.’
Gundry’s wife and daughter both identified him when he appeared on the TV show
