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This is a Facebook picture Brian Frain probably wishes he had not shared – it exposed him as a bigamist…

The 36-year-old was already married when he tied the knot with Louise Meredith yet kept that secret from his new bride.

But when wife Anne-Marie Sim tried to track him down to get a divorce five years after they split, she spotted the picture.

Police were called and Frain now faces jail after he admitted bigamy when he appeared before magistrates.

Frain wed Anne-Marie in 1999 after a whirlwind romance, the court was told.

But they broke up after two months and she moved to Scotland.

(Image: Manchester Evening News)

When she wanted to marry again she instructed lawyers to find him but they drew a blank.

So Anne-Marie put his name into ­Facebook and was met with the incriminating picture taken in 2009 – at the same registry office in Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, where they had tied the knot.

Louise knew nothing of his previous marriage, the court heard.

Prosecutor David Curtis told Tameside magistrates Frain admitted to police he had wed.

But he added: “Due to the amount of time that had passed, Mr Frain assumed he was no longer married to her.

"He did not inform the registry office and took no legal advice.”

(Image: Manchester Evening News)

Louise, 34, of Droylsden, said in a statement: “I was under the impression this was Brian’s first marriage.

"The wedding went well. I truly believed I was his first wife. This has affected me.”

The pair are no longer together.

Rachel Wilson, defending, told how Frain “fully complied with police” after his arrest.

She added: “He believed his marriage no longer existed because of the fact it was only for two months and it was 10 years ago.

"He accepts that he was ignorant.”

Frain, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, was bailed until August 7.