An illegal immigrant in Fife, due to be married last week, had to cancel the wedding after being caught by police.
Oleksandr Vhobvskyi was driving in Lochgelly and was stopped by police who discovered he was using a fake driving licence, bought on the internet.
The 24-year-old, of Drum Road, Kelty, also refused to take a breath test, having been suspected of drink driving at the time.
When he appeared from custody, Dunfermline Sheriff Court was told Vhobvskyi had bought the Romanian driving licence on the internet.
Defence solicitor Stephen Morrison said his client was engaged to be married to a Latvian woman living in Fife, having met her online when he was still in the Ukraine.
He said: “She is here legally and is at college. He made an application to the UK for a visa to come here but it was refused.
“He then travelled here illegally and has been in Fife for two years living with his fiancee.”
The couple’s wedding was set for last week but Vhobvskyi had been arrested by then.
The solicitor added the Home Office had been aware of his client’s presence in the UK but there was “no confirmation if it was a sham marriage”.
Vhobvskyi previously admitted that on January 27 at Park Street, Lochgelly, he stated to police officers that he was Alexandru Radu and attempted to pervert the course of justice.
He also admitted he drove without a licence and without insurance and that on January 28 at Dunfermline police station, he failed to provide breath specimens for testing.
The sheriff said he was concerned about Vhobvskyi driving with a Romanian licence in someone else’s name.
“Whether it was in pursuit of true love, we don’t know. He does not know what will happen to him deportation-wise,” said Mr Morrison.
The couple had set a new date for the wedding at the end of March.
“If the marriage goes ahead, he plans to make another application to stay in the country,” said the solicitor.
“He says he bought the vehicle for £400 to £500 and it was registered in a false name. On this occasion he was using the vehicle to visit a friend in a nearby village. He is quite candid in saying he had been drinking.”
Sheriff Alastair Brown told Vhobvskyi: “I’m told you bought the fake driving licence on the internet. In other words, you had set up a fake identity using a document from a country where you were not a citizen.”
He jailed Vhobvskyi for eight months and banned him from driving for a year.
