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Aug 06, 2007
Quickie Link: British Woman Sentenced In Gay Partnership Row
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By Vizier
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(UK) - A mother of five who entered into a civil partnership with a woman while still married to her husband was given a suspended prison sentence on Monday.Suzanne Mitchell had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to breaching the 2004 Civil Partnerships Act, which allows same-sex unions. She admitted falsely claiming to be single to enter into a civil union with Caroline Beddows in February last year.
The case is believed to be the first of its kind since the civil partnership law was introduced. At Shrewsbury Crown Court, Judge Robin Onions said Mitchell repeatedly lied in pursuit of the partnership, and her offence was one of "cruelty and deception", according to media reports.
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