This might be the "ickiest royal revelation in years," writes Daniela Elser. At first glance Mary Turner Thomson's romance with William Allen Jordan seemed almost too good to be true. Jordan would cover his visits to his other families by telling Ms Thomson he had to go on top-secret CIA missions frequently. The kids were having to do the shopping, and every day Id ask them for crisps and chocolate I dont remember eating a proper meal as I was on morphine the whole time.. The Scottish woman met Jordan on a dating site on 2000, with their instant connection seeing the US-born man propose to Ms Thomson just three weeks after they virtually met. The nurse and mother-of-two tipped the police off to Jordans whereabouts after pulling together all the evidence she needed about his previous offenses, and he was arrested in a parking lot of a strip mall in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, in February of 2015. Travis Fortnum (@travisfortnum) October 22, 2020. Single mum Mischele Lewis, then 37, met 42-year-old 'Liam' on a dating site in 2012 - and he seemed like her perfect man. Lewis says she was planning a wedding and children with Jordan when, in late 2014, she began to realize who he really was, making the shocking discovery about his past crimes, and his past wives and children all of whom he had covered up throughout their romance. Get in touch by emailing MetroLifestyleTeam@Metro.co.uk. I've spoken to at least four of his victims, and he takes mental manipulation and gaslighting to a level far beyond what most garden-variety psychopaths can accomplish. He was arrested in a parking lot in New Jersey in February 2015 and sentenced to three years in state prison. Would love your thoughts, please comment. DatelineMSNBC April 24, 2021 2:00am-3:00am PDT. Her discoveries came as she and Jordan were planning a life together. He later moved to England, where he did jail stints for bigamy and sexual assault, Eife said. For other inquiries, Contact Us. Mary Turner Thomson, 54, from Edinburgh, with her husband William Allen Jordan, whose double life was exposed in 2006 (Picture: Mary Turner Thomson) When Mary Turner Thomson, 54, discovered. Jordan was jailed in 2009 for bigamy, gun crimes, fraud and failing to register as a sex offender. Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time. Find out more about how we use your personal data in our privacy policy and cookie policy. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. A Cherry Hill man who lied to his girlfriend about his identity and duped her into giving him $5,000 was sentenced to three years in prison Friday, according to a Burlington County Times report.. Mary Turner Thomas says she married a bigamist. She said: "It had his photo on it, but completely not his name. Mary Turner Thomson, 53, from Edinburgh, met William Allen Jordan, who claimed to be a CIA agent on secondment at the Ministry of Defence, online when she was a single mum with a tiny baby.. Now the mum-of-three has shared how she was able to gain control of her life again after the shocking betrayal. Lewis has told her story to "Dateline NBC" andwww.Lovefraud.org. The woman, Julie Bringhurst, revealed she had been married to Jordan the same time as she had, and had also been fed the same lie about Jordan being infertile. After four years of marriage, and two kids together, Jordan put his ultimate plan into action. He told me he was raised in England. A few months after that, I found out the truth.". But Jordan claimed the charge was fabricated to help him infiltrate a sex offenders' jail wing for one of his missions. Girls who called William Allen Jordan 'Dad' speak out Create your free profile or log in to save this video Mary Turner Thomson's daughters describe learning the truth about convicted bigamist. More Local News to Love Start today for 50% off Expires 3/6/23, according to a Burlington County Times report. It turned out Jordan was a scam artist who had duped Mary and two other women into marriage, as well as fathering 13 children with a total of six women. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. Jordan was finally arrested last November in a police sting near Oxford. It was like the walls around me collapsed. In handing down the prison sentence, Haines said he considered Jordans risk of re-offending, along with his extensive criminal record.. "Here was I being told that if we didnt come up with money they were going to kidnap the kids, rip bits off them and send them to us in the post. I ate a packet of my favourite Jelly Tots a few weeks ago and they were disgusting, she said. "But I could feel that I was getting close. Read more: Mary fell pregnant with Eilidh within six months of meeting Jordan and with Zach three years later. Jordan had already been jailed for similar crimes. When Lewis discovered Jordan's lies, she ran her own sting operation and got him to confess.. It was such a slap in the face," Ms Thomson said in 2006. The couple, who met online in 2000, were together for years before his secret past was uncovered - with Thomson admitting that, until then, Jordan, who claimed he was an active CIA operative on secondment to MI5 in the UK, seemed like the perfect husband and father. In addition, he'll be required to pay $4,383 in restitution, and a $15,000 fine. I dont see it as a diet, I see it as a new way of life.. The ordeal led to nightmares, depression and financial distress, Lewis said during her victim impact statement. She said Jordan persuaded her to sell everything she had including her flat by leading her to believe her childrens lives were at risk. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Want Chris Evans's socks? He also got her pregnant, with a child she later chose to abort. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. But she was only convinced when Ms Bringhurst called Jordan with Ms Thomson secretly on the other line. HOLLY, NEW JERSEY William Allen Jordan, 49, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to theft by deception Monday, admitting that he pretended to be an official from the U.K. to convince a woman to give him money. Jordan claimed he was a British government official, but it turned out he was a serial bigamist and scam artist who later pleaded guilty to defrauding her. Authorities and Lewis both said Jordan lied about his identity, past including fraud, bigamy and sex crime convictions and present over the course of the couple's 15-month relationship. A WOMAN has spoken about the moment she discovered her fiance was a conman and bigamist - who had 13 kids by seven different women. He was released in 2016. When he arrived back in the US, William found another target Mischele Lewis, who again fell for his story that he was a spy for the British Ministry of Defense. I too struggle with breaking the NC, EXCLUSIVE: Moment heartbroken woman conned by globally infamous fraudster, bigamist and fake CIA agent turned the tables on him in a New Jersey parking lot police sting, Cherry Hill man pleads guilty to theft in romance fraud, Note to self: Do not break the No Contact rule, Lovefraud | Escape sociopaths - narcissists in relationships. The traumatic situation left Ms Thomson homeless and caused her to comfort eat, weighing 120 kilos at her heaviest last year. While Jordan's long absences sometimes made her suspicious his expert lying always convinced her he was telling the truth until it all unravelled in 2006. Conman William Jordan is estimated to have defrauded 21 women from five different countries out of 300,000. . Jordan accepted a plea agreement and a three-year prison sentence. Will I ever trust another man? Paid for by EFO Troy Singleton for Senate, 907 Morgan Ave Palmyra, NJ 08065, Workforce Development & Economic Opportunity, Romance con artist gets prison for scamming Florence woman. She rang up and asked Mary if she was Mrs Jordan, before saying: Well, Im the other Mrs Jordan. His manipulation included convincing Mary that their children Eilidh, Zach, and Robyn, were under threat of kidnap, persuading her to hand over more than $250,000 to pay off blackmailers. Others have testified he looked knocked out once the punch landed. The movie stars Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors, Wood Harris, and Florian Munteanu. I had to give birth on my own. She added: "I was absolutely fretting. I tried different diets to try to lose the weight, but nothing worked. Mary felt like giving up after piling on the pounds. However, things turned sour when Jordan missed the birth of their first child - and didn't return to Mary for three months. 1381-1391), Member of Parliament for Sandwich William Jordan (died 1720), Member of Parliament for Reigate Hamilton Jordan (William Hamilton Jordan, 1944-2008), American politician, chief of staff to President Carter; William E. Jordan (1883-? All rights reserved (About Us). He stopped me being involved with my family, my friends, everybody. Even more horrifyingly Jordan had also got Ms Bringhurst's nanny pregnant. The Crown is expected to call its last witness Friday morning a forensic pathologist. It was constantly in excruciating pain. The doctor recorded that Dwyer was not responsive to any stimuli and his pupils were not reactive. Jordan pretended to be a CIA agent and a British Defense Agency bodyguard, among other things. . whose real name is William Allen Jordan, went on to defraud Mischele out of 1,550 . She said: "I was a ball of nerves. I had resigned myself that this was going to be my size forever. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.. Tonight William Allen Jordan, who defrauded NJ resident Mischele Lewis of sex and money, took a plea deal, for 3 years behind bars, today! For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. William Allen Jordan is one of the most dangerous psychopaths I've ever come across. Almost verbatim. She told the Channel 4 cameras: "My stomach churned. High 79F. Lewis, a nurse and mother of two, met Jordan on a dating website in January 2013. Then I thought yes I finally have something that I would be able to use in a court of law.". the first hit was lovefraud.com', Mischele Lewis thought secret agent Liam, whose real name is William Jordan, was her perfect man, However, she later discovered that he was a convicted bigamist - who had father 13 kids by seven different women, Mischele, who was engaged to Jordan and pregnant with his child, found out the truth when he left his wallet at her house, Jordan had previously defrauded Edinburgh's Mary Turner Thomson out of 200,000, Mary, who was led to believe Jordan was a CIA agent, had two kids with him - and was married to him for four years, Mischele managed to get a confession out of Jordan on a secret camera - and he was jailed again, this time for three years, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). The case against William Allen Jordan goes before the Grand Jury tomorrow. Why that matters, Angry parents speak out on their daughter who froze to death on N.S. Two of them were Laurel Webster and Tanya Allen, nurses who attended to Dwyer when they heard his head hit the ground. Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday. It was only when she tried UK diet program Second Nature that the weight began to shift as she started eating better and moving more. In April, Jordan was arrested in the parking lot of a Cherry Hill strip mall after Lewis tipped off the police about a meeting she had arranged. "She said 'I'm the other Mrs Jordan'," Ms Thomson told ITV in 2018. But their marriage came to an abrupt end in 2006 when Ms Thomson received a phone call from a woman who said she was also Jordan's wife. Allen told the court she noticed the older man was swaying, she assumes from intoxication, before he pushed the younger. Jordan tricked her into paying $5,000 for what he claimed was a security clearance, the report said. But all these lives that were destroyed and ruined and hurt and forever impacted by one person. After arriving back in the US, the criminal then found another woman to prey upon, Mischele Lewis, who like the other women before her fell for his story that he was a spy working for the British Ministry of Defense. When Ms Thomson met Jordan in 2000 she was a single mother with a nine-month-old baby girl called Robyn.