A 41-YEAR-OLD father has been convicted of bigamy, but has avoided jail for his crime. Trevor Smith from Wheatley Road, WGC, wed Michelle Neville in Hertford on June 19 last year. But he was already married. Smith appeared at Central Herts Magistrates

A 41-YEAR-OLD father has been convicted of bigamy, but has avoided jail for his crime.

Trevor Smith from Wheatley Road, WGC, wed Michelle Neville in Hertford on June 19 last year.

But he was already married.

Smith appeared at Central Herts Magistrates' Court in St Albans facing a charge brought under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861.

He was committed to prison for four months, but magistrates suspended the sentence for 18 months so he could take care of his children.

The court heard he deliberately married when his marriage was not long over, children were involved and he had plenty of time to take different action.

Smith, who pleaded guilty, was also electronically tagged for four months and given a home curfew between 8pm and 6am.

He was also ordered to pay costs of �87.