When a wedding reception
organiser decided to help out two hard-up friends by laying on a half price
champagne buffet, the least she could have expected was a thank you.
Instead, the bridegroom
decided to repay the kindness by vandalising and stealing from the venue -
leaving the owner with a £60,000 bill.
Catherine Murphy, 34,
decided to help out hard up Bridie Sparks, 26, and her husband to be
Christopher Richards, by laying on the half-price champagne buffet for 90
guests.
The bride-to-be had
approached the owner of the Bacup Hub in Lancashire in tears, and explained how
the couple would be unable to get married because they did not have enough
money.
But after Ms Murphy
decided to put on the discounted reception, unemployed Richards, 25, and his
usher George Taylor, 23, returned to the venue and carried out a sickening late
night raid.
After appearing before
magistrates in Burnley, both Richards and Taylor admitted burglary.
Speaking to the Daily
Express, a sickened Ms Murphy, an accountant, said: 'I have been deeply hurt
because I considered the couple to be my friends.
'They had very little
money so I went out of my way to make sure they had the wedding they wanted
with a red carpet, buffet and champagne and I have been slapped in the face by
people I thought were friends.
'I let Chris have use of
the premises for nothing and this has revealed just what sort of person he is.'
The couple wed at the
venue in August last year. Richards and Taylor will be sentenced at Burnley
Crown Court next month.
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