Woman in shock, finds hubby in bed with aunt days after wedding

 Kenny with Kim [Photo: Courtesy]

Beaming Kim Elkins thought her happiness was complete as she mingled with guests after her wedding.

Little did she know her groom had been spotted with another woman before the ink on the marriage certificate was barely dry.

A guest claimed to have seen Kenny Slocombe appearing to get very cosy with Kim’s 43-year-old aunt at the reception.

But she kept it secret from her so as not to ruin her big day.

Lorraine on the morning of the wedding, when she helped Kim get ready

Just weeks later, however, Kim, 33, discovered the devastating truth about her marriage when she came home early from work to find her new husband and her aunt Lorraine Esslemont naked in her bedroom.

“I was absolutely hysterical,” she says. “The fact they’d had sex in my marital bed made it so much worse.

“Lorraine told me, ‘We couldn’t help ourselves – we’re in love’. I was so upset Kenny had to restrain me. Lorraine was more like a best mate to me than an auntie because she was only 10 years older than me. I’d even asked her for relationship advice.

“When I later found out a friend had seen them up to no good on our wedding night I felt absolutely sick to my stomach.”

 Kim at her wedding [Photo: Courtesy]

Care assistant Kim and ex-cabbie Kenny had met online in 2009 and Kim says it was “love at first sight”.

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“We arranged to meet at a train station and I fell for him straight away. He was so funny and I loved his personality,” she says.

She was delighted when Kenny proposed just seven months later. The pair set up home together and, in November 2010, Kim gave birth to their son Ethan.

When her mum’s brother Ian and wife Lorraine found their house lease at an end, big-hearted Kim said they could stay in their two-bed home until they found somewhere to live.

“It was a bit cramped, as they had two children, but I wouldn’t see them stuck,” she says. “I thought it would just be a while before they found a house.

“It was nice having Lorraine around as I could talk to her about anything. Soon she and Kenny were as thick as thieves, too. Naively, I was just pleased they got on.”

But living in such cramped ­conditions took its toll on Ian and Lorraine’s relationship and a few months later they split after a series of blazing rows.

 The aunt was at her wedding [Photo: Courtesy]

Catastrophically, Kim told Lorraine she could stay in their spare room as long as she wanted.

And when Kenny and Kim wed at a register office in February, 2012, Lorraine’s daughter Katryna, now 20, was a bridesmaid.

Kim, of Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, says: “Lorraine was such a big part of our day. She was with me in the morning, helping me get ready.

“But looking back, I should have realised something was wrong. A few hours before the ceremony, she disappeared saying she wanted to check on Kenny and the ushers. And before I walked down the aisle, she didn’t tell me I looked nice or offer any support.”

Six weeks after the wedding she caught Lorraine larking about with her new hubby on the sofa. “They insisted it was innocent, but I felt crushed. I had a sinking feeling.”

So suspicious Kim clocked off work early next day and went home.

“I’d forgotten my key, so I banged on the door. I heard Kenny say: ‘S***, it’s Kim’,” she says.

“He came to the door and I demanded to know where Lorraine was. He said she was in the spare room, but I stormed straight into our bedroom to find her stark naked.

“I was crying so hard everything’s a bit of a blur. I don’t know what would’ve happened if Kenny hadn’t calmed me down.”

Kim chucked the pair out – only for Kenny to soon return, begging for forgiveness.

She says: “He told me he loved me, not Lorraine. I didn’t want to give up on my marriage after six weeks.

“For Ethan’s sake, I knew I had to give it another go.

“We agreed to look for a new flat and make a fresh start.”

 Kenny Slocombe with new partner Lorraine - the auntie of his wife [Photo: Courtesy]

When Lorraine relocated to Cardigan, South Wales, Kim felt they’d be able to escape the ghosts of their past.

But it was only a few weeks before her world was shattered again. Kenny told Kim he was off to find boxes for their house move – only to text her a few minutes later saying: “I’m sorry. I can’t do this anymore.”

Kim said: “I tried to ring him but he wouldn’t answer. I was beside myself. I didn’t understand how he could have done this to me a second time.”

She later found out he was 500 miles away and back with Lorraine.

Only when news of the split travelled, did a friend of Lorraine tell Kim about the reception incident.

“I knew then there was no way back,” she said.

Now Kim has a new man. “He’s so different to Kenny. We’ll get married once I’m divorced.

“My blood still boils over those two. That kind of betrayal stays with you for life.”

Kenny and Lorraine both deny getting close at the wedding reception.

He says he left Kim because she was too “controlling”.

He said of the incident at the house: “Kim did find us almost in bed but we didn’t get together until after I split with Kim.

Asked whether she felt guilty over her relationship with her niece’s husband, Lorraine said: “No I don’t. You can’t help who you fall in love with.”

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