Wedding from hell: A page boy fits, the groom's mother collapses, a guest learns his father has died and two children suffer head injuries



Still smiling: Newlyweds Paul and Vilma Cassidy can now look forward to a happy honeymoon after their eventful big day

You wouldn't know it from the wedding photographs, but new bride and groom Vilma and Paul Cassidy were left reeling at their nuptials after a series of bizarre misphaps.



It all started with a pageboy having a fit and turning blue, then Paul's mother collapsing, a guest found out his father had passed away, then their children suffered cut heads.



A stunned Paul said: 'We were relieved the day had finished. We just thought "What more could go wrong?"



'It must have been one of the unluckiest weddings in history. I thought Jeremy Beadle was going to pop out at any minute.'



Paul, who owns a transport business, and Vilma tied the knot at St Mary's Church in Melton Mowbray, Leics.

But the day began to go wrong before the ceremony had even taken place, as Vilma, 30, got ready with members of the bridal party at her home.



Her preparations were thrown into disarray when 16-month-old pageboy, Kenzie Gathercole, started fitting.



Vilma said: 'He was sitting in front of me and his eyes rolled over. He went blue in a second.'



The toddler, who is Paul's niece's son, was given the kiss of life by his grandmother while an ambulance rushed to the scene.



Kenzie was taken to hospital in Nottingham and missed the ceremony - but the same paramedics who attended to him incredibly came face-to-face with Vilma again when Paul's mother, Christina Wigington, 76, collapsed outside the church.



Paul, 50, said: 'When we came out of the church after the service and the photographs were being taken, my mother collapsed.



'I rushed straight to her. A friend was looking after her, cooling her down. Mum was concerned that we should carry on as normal.



'They checked her over and were worried about her low blood pressure.



'The paramedics couldn't believe it when they saw Vilma again. They saw more of her on the day than I did!'



Incredibly, the bad luck didn't end there.

Accidents: The couple pose in front of the lorries used to carry the bridesmaids on their almost disastrous big day

Minutes later, a friend of the couple received a text saying her father had just died.



Paul added: 'What do you say? She's a good friend and we felt for her.



'They came back later in the evening because she said there was nothing she could do.'

Paul and Vilma moved on to the reception, at a restaurant in Melton, with 170 guests believing that 'nothing more could go wrong'.



But they didn't bargain with their 18-month-old son, Christopher, and their seven-year-old daughter, Saidi, both cutting their heads open in accidents.



And to top the day off, Paul returned to his car shortly before midnight intending to take medicine to his mother, who had been taken to Grantham hospital - but found it locked in a hotel car park.



He eventually made the trip in his sister's car.



The tale of woe did have a happy ending, though - both Kenzie and Christina were released from hospital the following day, and Paul and Vilma are now looking forward to a honeymoon in America in the autumn.



Vilma said: 'The day was half nightmare, half brilliant.



'I had a feeling something was going to happen but I didn't think it would be anything like that.

'It was like somebody didn't want us to get married, but we did.'

