Irish siblings plan to get married

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An Irish couple are planning to defy the law and get married later this month, despite being brother and sister.

The pair, who already have a child together, have been warned that it is illegal to marry a sibling but say they are determined to do so anyway and spend their lives together.

The couple, who have assumed the pseudonyms of James and Maura to protect their identities, claim they were unaware that they shared a father when they first met and fell in love.
They say their attraction was so strong that within just one week of meeting they felt that they had known each other for a lifetime and within two years their son, Mark, was born.
Speaking to the Irish Mail on Sunday, 'James' explained that despite setbacks they will be able to marry by the end of the month.
"We were aiming for Christmas but we have decided to do it sooner," he declared.
"Maura has got her wedding dress, we've ordered identical suits for myself and our son.
"It will be a very small wedding. We have two witnesses who we know very well and they know about our situation.
"I don't know whether our father will come or whether any of our parents will be there.
"Our son is getting excited about the wedding. He knows what is happening. As for Maura and me, it hasn't really sunk in yet that we're getting married. All Types Of Wedding Speeches.
When James' mother first learned who Maura's father was she was shocked and told her son the disturbing truth about their incestuous relationship.

The Wedding Mc JokebookJames and Maura explained that it was only through DNA tests and constant questioning that they discovered the full details of how they came to be half-brother and sister.

They say that in the '80s James' mother dated a man named Tom for five weeks and never told him she was expecting his child.
She was in a new relationship by the time James was born and named this partner as James's father on the baby's birth certificate.
However, when his true father returned four years later and questioned if 'James' was his, a complex court case denied him access to the boy.
James stated, "The way I see it, if the system can know about things and hide the facts, then I can do the same. They turned a blind eye and so can we.
"People can criticise and say it is not right but they should say the same about what was done to me in the family law courts."The Wedding Mc Jokebook

Police exhumes body of kidnapped Chinese

Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Abakaliki

The body of a Chinese, Mr. Feng Shenyi, who was killed by kidnappers in 2007 at Owotu Edda in Afikpo local government area of Ebonyi State has been exhumed by... the Police pathologist from Force Headquarters, Abuja.

Mr. Shenyi, a technical partner to Innoson Motor Assemble Nnewi in Anambra State was kidnapped along side two other workers at Innoson plant in 2007 and was taken to a camp at Ekoli Edda in Ebonyi State.

The Nigerian Compass gathered the kidnapper demanded for a ransom of N20 million for the three workers of Innoson (two Chinese and one Nigerian) which was paid but they (kidnappers) released other two and held the Chinese (the deceased).

On a tip-off, according to a source, a combine team of military and mobile police invaded the kidnappers’ camp at Ekoli Edda and arrested about 16 people and took them to force headquarters Abuja in 2007.

But the weekend exhumation by the Police followed another arrest of a suspected kidnapper, Mr. Innocent Orji, last month who on interrogation confessed that when the police invaded their camp he took Mr. Shenyi, the deceased and later killed him and buried him by the roadside at Owotu Edda.

Mr. Chris Ezike, an Assistant Commissioner of Police led the team of investigators and the pathologist, Dr. Willosn Akhiwu, recovered the remains of Mr. Shenyi including bones, skull, rips, shoe and cloths.

Addressing newsmen after, the excavation of body Ezike said that the grave was so shallow which showed that the suspect was in haste and had no time to bury the victim.

“What we have just done now is a step forward in our investigation. There is exhumation and discovery of very vital exhibit. The forensic pathologist will do their job and when they are through they will make informed opinion”.

On how they knew that it was the remains of Mr. Shenyi, Ezike said: “From the event leading to the discovery of this shallow grave and some of the perceived evidences we have, we are convinced we are making progress but you know that this is a specialist thing and not until the analysis is done you cannot make any informed opinion”.

“We are happy, you never say die until you get to where you are going. You are aware that part of this case is in the court and those were reasonable progress made in the past. So, it has been progress, progress but I can describe this as a climax” he stated.

A colleague of the Chinese, Chen Mei, identified the clothes and shoes of the deceased, and expressed joy that his remains were found at last.

Also in an interview with the Nigerian Compass, the chairman of the Innoson Group of Company Mr. Innocent Chukwuma said that he made every effort to save the life of Mr. Shenyi but to no avail.

Meanwhile, a human rights group, United Action against Corruption and Injustice International led by Chief Okosisi Eburu has called the government to use all machinery to ensure justice in the case.

Okosisi stated that with the evidence at hand and the arrest of Mr. Innocent Orji and the exhumation of the body of the deceased all those involved in the case should be brought to book.