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Kate Pounds

INSANE: Scots woman gets married to rapist serving 20 years in us prison - The Real Truth

A Scottish woman has got hitched - to a man serving 20 years in a US prison. Gemma Vasquez met Leonel Vasquez through her Spanish teacher - who also happens to be his mum.

The pair, both 31, started a relationship despite living more than 3,500 miles apart and were engaged after just nine months. They then tied the knot in a Virginia prison on December 29 - under the Christmas tree in the visiting room.

And Gemma, nee Morgan, says she doesn't care about her husband's 2011 rape conviction - because she's not 'marrying the past'.

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