Serial bigamist says love doesn't work

Former glamour model Emily Horne, aged 30, was spared jail after pleading guilty to a fourth illegal marriage. She left court hand-in-hand with Wayne Harper, from The Portway Kingswinford. Speaking out after the case hit the headlines, Horne revealed she is "rapidly losing patience" with the relationship before claiming: "For me, love doesn't work."

Mr Harper's mother Barbara and sister Vicky both talk of their worry he will get hurt, with Barbara saying she believes Horne "is quite capable of moving from one life to another".

It emerged today Horne is now living on her own in a flat and has no plans to marry again.

Second husband Sean Cunningham, 33, lover Simon Thorpe, 43, fourth husband James Matthews, 34 as well as relatives of final husband Ashley Baker, 25, have spoken candidly about Horne's impact on their lives. She lived with two husbands while also having an affair; picked up her fourth husband minutes after leaving third groom Chris Barratt, then 21 and proposed by text.

Horne, who claims to be on treatment for a long-term mental illness, told a string of lies to her spouses falsely claiming that her dad was dead, her sister had died of a drugs overdose, she was suffering from cancer of the womb and that one husband had beaten and raped her.

An unhappy childhood during which her parents split up led to work as an escort and porn star and her chaotic love life. Horne was jailed for six months for bigamy after appearing at Ipswich Crown Court in January 2004. However she was undeterred and married salesman Ashley Baker in September 2007.

Horne told her fifth "husband" she was already married as they set off on their honeymoon, a confession which resulted in a 10-month suspended prison sentence in July this year.