Lovers get their wish

MARY O’CONNELL was granted her dream Valentine’s wish when her Nigerian fiance Martin Defokwu was released from prison yesterday.

The couple will now be able to get married after their last wedding ceremony was dramatically halted by gardaí.

Martin was arrested and jailed just minutes before the couple were about to exchange wedding vows at St Camillus hospital in Limerick last month.

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