An academic and his wife have both been sentenced for trying to smuggle a baby into the country. Dr Simon Heap and his wife Gladys Effa-Heap, a nurse, flew out to Nigeria and tried to dupe officials into believing a baby girl they wanted to bring back to the UK was theirs. However, the Oxford pair were actually trying to illegally adopt the baby.
They produced a birth certificate which suspicious British High Commission staff examined and found to be fake.
Officials requested DNA testing of the baby girl and the couple which proved she was not biologically theirs. The pair then left the baby in Nigeria and flew back to the UK, sparking an investigation into the baby smuggling.
Yesterday, the couple were convicted of breaching immigration law and handed 12 month prison sentences, suspended for 12 months. They were also ordered to complete 250 hours of community service each by a judge at Isleworth Crown Court after admitting the offence, which took place in July 2010.
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