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Tom McCabe had been married for 15 years prior to getting engaged to his second wife in 2010. In 2016, she started to get suspicious when she came across photos which suggested McCabe had a son with another woman – so she sent messages to learn more.

As reported by the Mirror, McCabe shares a 23-year-old daughter with Bridget O’Connell McCabe and was a stepfather to her 29-year-old son from a previous relationship.

This week, the Irishman admitted to one count of bigamy in court – claiming his first wife told him they were divorced.

Speaking after the hearing, ­McCabe’s estranged first wife Bridget, said: “You never get away from him because you always have old memories dragged back.

“His new wife started messaging my children and they said she kept asking them questions about Tom.”

The 58-year-old revealed that she then took matters into her own hands by messaging the woman herself.

“One day I messaged her. She said she was married to him and I said ‘well that’s weird, because I’m still married to him unfortunately’.

“The reason I didn’t bother divorcing him is because I didn’t want to see him again. I did not tell him we were divorced, he is lying.

“I don’t really care who he marries as I haven’t seen him for about 12 years, but whoever this other woman is, she doesn’t deserve this.”

The court heard McCabe married Bridget in Kent in August 1995 but by 2004 they had split, with Bridget and her children staying in Ireland.

He met second wife Maria Guillen Garcia in November 2009 and married her at the Wood Green Civic Centre, North London, in August 2010.

Prosecutor Umaima Peracha told Highbury Corner magistrates court in North London: “Bridget told Ms Garcia in 2009 she applied for separation. She confirmed she never asked Mr McCabe for a divorce and she never filed for a divorce from him.”

Ms Garcia told the Mirror: “He told me they were together for 14 years but never married or had ­children. He showed me pictures of his stepson, who he told me was his nephew.

“I knew something wasn’t right because Bridget had his surname. I saw a picture of his daughter, who he told me was his niece, it looked so much like him.

“I was trying to find out for about a year if he was married. He ­probably thought I’d never find out but I’m not stupid.

“I had to pretend I didn’t know for about a month as I had booked a holiday and wanted to leave him.”

The 47-year-old explained how she informed her husband that the marriage was over and that she would be telling the police about what he did.

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She added: “When I left for my holiday I left out our marriage certificate and crossed through it with a pen, I left my rings and a letter telling him I’d leave him in the hands of the police and he had to get out.”

“He is a compulsive liar and left me in over £20,000 of debt that took six years to pay off.”

The court heard the marriage to Ms Garcia has been annulled and that McCabe, of Hyde End, Bucks, will be sentenced on a date to be fixed.

Additional reporting by Adela Whittingham.

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