{"id":117253,"date":"2020-09-21T11:59:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T15:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=117253"},"modified":"2020-09-21T11:59:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T15:59:30","slug":"intl-grandmother-distraught-after-ghanaian-toyboy-conned-her-out-of-18000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/intl-grandmother-distraught-after-ghanaian-toyboy-conned-her-out-of-18000\/","title":{"rendered":"INTL: Grandmother distraught after Ghanaian toyboy \u2018conned her\u2019 out of \u00a318,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1333707272\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-1990240455\" class=\"antig-before-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicalbenefitsscheme\" aria-label=\"mbs ad\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:341\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mbs-ad.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><strong>This Article Was First Published by the Daily Mail UK<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"antig-2470755332\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 2160w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:512\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:384\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a class=\"td-modal-image\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguabreakingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/UK-grandmother.jpg\" data-caption=\"Gran Beth Haining fell for the charms of Ghanaian toyboy Rodney, a musician 30 years her junior, and married the 39-year-old after flying out to meet him in Accra in December 2014\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"entry-thumb\" title=\"UK grandmother\" src=\"https:\/\/antiguabreakingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/UK-grandmother.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antiguabreakingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/UK-grandmother.jpg 634w, https:\/\/antiguabreakingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/UK-grandmother-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/antiguabreakingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/UK-grandmother-471x420.jpg 471w\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"565\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gran Beth Haining fell for the charms of Ghanaian toyboy Rodney, a musician 30 years her junior, and married the 39-year-old after flying out to meet him in Accra in December 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>A lonely gran who claims she was conned out of \u00a318,000 by her Ghanaian toyboy lover and accused of BEATING him has warned other woman not to be as naive as she was.<\/p>\n<p>Former probation officer Beth Haining fell for Rodney Cudjoe, a Ghanaian musician 30 years her junior.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1659788887\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-1027224102\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png 2160w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:512\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:384\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English-_lineup_Digital-BB-1.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve been a stupid old woman who should know better,\u2019 said 68-year-old Beth, of Redditch in Worcestershire.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1111963543\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReggaeInTheParkAntigua\" aria-label=\"lucanio\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"delinquentclientspop\" class=\"antig-abaa-placement pum-trigger\"><\/div>\n<p>\u2018I used to laugh at women who fall for these good-looking toy boys from abroad and think how gullible they are. Now I\u2019m one of them.\u2019<\/p>\n<div id=\"antig-1577905250\" class=\"antig-content\"><\/div>\n<p>Gran-of-four Beth met hunky 6ft 1ins Rodney, now 39, after the pair chatted online in December 2014.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2487604051\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>She flew to Accra the capital of Ghana, where he seduced her and proposed to her in front of his friends.<\/p>\n<div id=\"antig-165806434\" class=\"antig-content_2\"><\/div>\n<p>Beth went ahead with the wedding even though her children back home begged her not to.<\/p><div id=\"antig-532232695\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"CM key_WEB 1300x300_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1301\/h:301\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1301\/h:301\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 1301w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:69\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:237\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:178\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1301\" height=\"301\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>But after paying for a spouse visa and lavishing \u00a318,000 of her savings on her new groom and his business ventures, she claimed the gentle, attentive man she\u2019d fallen in love with became sulky, moody and cold.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3436391863\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"antig-2091523573\" class=\"antig-content_3\"><\/div>\n<p>He moaned about the food, the freezing British winters and accused Beth of treating him like a slave when she asked him to paint her living room blue.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36999\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36999\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eventually after rowing non-stop, Beth refused to renew his visa and gave him the money to fly home along with the taxi fare to the airport.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he stayed in the country and falsely accused the 5ft 5ins granny of beating him so badly she split his lip \u2013 meaning she had to be quizzed by police after they turned up on her doorstep.<\/p>\n<p>She wasn\u2019t charged with assault and is now divorcing Rodney for the irretrievable breakdown of their marriage after complaining to the Home Office that he won\u2019t go back to Ghana. They curtailed his leave to stay in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He told me I was beautiful and that he loved me, but he lied to me and used me,\u2019 said Beth.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I had just sold my house when we met and had some savings.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I fell for him and thought he was genuine. I thought this was my dream romance coming true and I lavished him with attention and gifts.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I paid for everything, and we spoke about starting businesses together as I wanted us to be happy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We had the most amazing time in Ghana, it was magical. He couldn\u2019t do enough for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We had sex in the morning, at lunchtime and in the evening \u2013 it was at least three times a day every day.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But Rodney changed as soon as he came to Britain. He spent more time sleeping on the sofa than he did in my bed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He would argue and shout about everything \u2013 the food, the cold and having to find work.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He got a job in a packing factory as I said I didn\u2019t have enough money to pay for everything. But he said: \u2018How can you be broke when you\u2019re British?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He thought this was the land of milk and honey.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was a rude awakening when he saw the reality of British life and living with me. He was a completely different person \u2013 he was either shouting or sulking for days at a time.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018My two children and friends didn\u2019t like him and when they came round he would go into another room. I thought it was a culture shock and he would adapt.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I wanted to make it work but eventually I realised it was all a lie.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>When their relationship broke down, Beth and Rodney agreed he would return to Ghana as his visa was up for renewal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I gave him the airfare and the money for the taxi but he took the key from the front door and didn\u2019t leave,\u2019 said Beth.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I had to change the locks and then two police officers came to the door saying that he had accused me of assaulting him. I never thought he would try and get me arrested.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m half his size, twice his age and have never hit anyone. It was ridiculous but they asked me to give a statement and so I ended up being quizzed for an hour in the local police station.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I was petrified, but luckily I had a solicitor and the police released me with no further action taken. I couldn\u2019t believe the man I loved and who I\u2019d brought over here so we could be together could accuse me of that.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The solicitor even recognised me because he\u2019d read my reports when I was a probation officer. It was so embarrassing and I knew then I had to divorce Rodney.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Beth first fell for music producer Rodney after they met online in December 2014.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u2018I was a bit lonely as my sister Gaynor had died a couple of years earlier and my mum Barbara had been diagnosed with dementia but he was very friendly and chatty. We got on well.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Soon the pair were messaging and then talking to each other every day.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I thought we were friends, but he started saying I had nice hair and he couldn\u2019t wait to touch it,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We\u2019d seen pictures of each other and there was a huge age difference so I didn\u2019t realise he was flirting at first. I liked him and after a few months he asked if he could borrow some money as he was waiting for a cheque to come through.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was just \u00a3200 so I did, and he promised to pay me back. Then he needed some money for some studio equipment and to put on some shows where we would share the profits and I sent him another \u00a32,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We began talking about meeting up. I\u2019d been to Ghana before as I raised funds for and been a volunteer at orphanages over there and he asked me to visit him.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She jetted out to meet Rodney in August 2015 \u2013 and he literally swept off her feet at the airport.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He picked me up and gave me a peck on the cheek, but in the car, he gave me a full-on kiss which gave me butterflies,\u2019 Beth said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I realised then we weren\u2019t just going to be friends and that night we had sex.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We spent all our time together, eating out and drinking, meeting all his friends. He always had his arm around me and was kissing me. He couldn\u2019t do enough for me.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Rodney even asked Beth to marry him four or five times but she refused, saying they didn\u2019t know each other well enough.<\/p>\n<p>A week before she was due to fly home they went to a club \u2013 and he stood on the stage and proposed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He said he wanted to spend his life with me and had arranged a surprise wedding for five days later on 7 October, 2015, the day before I was due to fly home.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018All his friends were there and they were clapping and cheering. I didn\u2019t feel like I could say no,\u2019 Beth says.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I loved him but I thought it was too soon to get married.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I called my children who told me not to do it. They said he was too young and I didn\u2019t know him, but I thought it was love.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The next day she bought a green wedding dress, the rings and asked her neighbour to send over her divorce papers from her first marriage, which had ended in the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was when we handed in our papers that I realised Rodney\u2019s real age. He had told me he was 40 but when I saw his date of birth I realised he\u2019d lied and really he was 30.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I was a bit shocked but it was too late by then.<\/p>\n<p>Beth flew home the next day and paid a lawyer \u00a33,000 to arrange for Rodney\u2019s visa.<\/p>\n<p>It was granted in February 2017 \u2013 and he flew over to live in the three-bedroom former council house that she was eventually left by her mother.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018My mum gave me half when she died and left the other half to her husband\u2019s children in trust though I can live here for the rest of my life,\u2019 Beth explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I was excited to see Rodney but he was a completely different person. He didn\u2019t stop moaning and nothing I did was good enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I had a pension but also ran workshops for people with depression and anxiety, but I wanted him to work and he got a job in a packing factory.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He sent all the money back to Ghana to buy equipment for a music studio so I paid all the bills in Britain.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Beth found her husband cold and distant \u2013 and they only had sex once that year. \u2018He wanted kids and I said I obviously couldn\u2019t have them and he then said there was no point in having sex.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He began criticising me, saying he didn\u2019t like my cooking and wanted to cook his own food, like yams, plantains and rice.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He also said I was treating him like a slave as I asked him to do things round the house. I told him \u2018that\u2019s just being a husband\u2019 but he didn\u2019t like it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He thought I should do everything as I was his wife. One time I asked him to clean up his mess and he slammed a knife down so hard on the kitchen worktop that he damaged it. I was a bit scared.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Beth said she tried to make the marriage work but that after continuously rowing she decided to finish their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We went for dinner with friends and he told them he had three swimming pools at his house in Ghana when in reality he has a fish pond. I hated watching him lie and realised then it was never going to work,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He begged me for another chance and said that he loved me. He bought flowers and tried to shower me with affection but it was too late.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Eventually Rodney agreed to go home but Beth says she saw the front door key was missing. After getting the locks changed she thought that was the end of her marriage nightmare.<\/p>\n<p>But she was shocked when the police arrived to question her saying that Rodney had claimed she\u2019d attacked him twice, punching him in the face and busting open his lip.<\/p>\n<p>After making a statement at the local police station she began divorce proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>She also told the Home Office she was divorcing Rodney as she didn\u2019t want to be involved with a man who could lie to the police I had attacked him.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She is now waiting for her divorce, which has cost her \u00a31,400 so far, to be finalised and has already changed her name back to Haining.<\/p>\n<p>Now she wants to warn other women not to be as na\u00efve as she was.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I keep asking myself how could I have been so stupid as to be taken in by him,\u2019 she said. \u2018I thought it could never happen to me. My job for years was doing risk assessments with criminals and so I thought I could never be duped by a man.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But I fell for it all, and realise it was all lie. I was a silly old woman who fell for the Mills and Boons chat by a good-looking, younger man from Africa, but he just wanted me for my money.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve cried for a year over all this and put on four stone. Now I just need that divorce to come through and to get on with my life without him.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Beth has now co-authored a book about her experiences, called The girls Who Refused To Quit.<\/p>\n<p>Rodney, who is living in Birmingham and claiming asylum said: \u2018I loved her. It wasn\u2019t an act. I wanted to make it work. The money wasn\u2019t for me, it was for businesses to make a future together. My visa was expiring on October 27 and she had slapped my face twice in the May.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Home Office wanted to know why I had left my house and I had to explain I had been the victim of domestic abuse. I spoke to the Citizen Advice Bureau and Immigration Aid who said they couldn\u2019t help me if I hadn\u2019t made a formal complaint to the police. 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