By Hannah Roberts PUBLISHED: 18:32 EST, 18 May 2012 | UPDATED: 07:48 EST, 21 May 2012 Two wives: Former Tory council leader Pervez Choudhry has escaped jail despite being convicted of bigamy A married Tory councillor who took a second wife after convincing her he was divorced has escaped jail despite being convicted of bigamy. Pervez Choudhry, 54, was caught out when his new wife hired a private detective to investigate him after a remark from a relative aroused her suspicions. Dr Zabina Shahian, a GP, discovered that when Choudhry married her in Pakistan in December 2010 he had been legally married to his first cousin Hameda Daulat since 1986.
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Pervez Choudhry, the former leader of Slough Borough Council’s Conservative Party, escapes jail sentence
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