A woman who committed bigamy on Valentines Day has been let off with a warning from a judge that in times past, she would have been jailed.
Fiona Frances Fielding, 39, of Whangaripo was sentenced today at North Shore District Court on a charge of bigamy and one of making a false statement to a marriage celebrant.
The charges related to her marriage to Nino Nish on Valentine's Day last year while still legally being married to her previous husband.
She had pleaded guilty at a previous court appearance.
Judge Roy Wade said Fielding had been married to her first husband from 1996 until splitting up with him in 2011. However, neither had ever filed divorce proceedings.