Maidstone

A bride's wedding dress was ruined and a register office damaged when a woman threw black paint over her sister-in-law moments before her wedding ceremony at Oakwood House in Maidstone, Kent. The bride, Gemma Monk, managed to marry two hours late in a borrowed dress, but the couple canceled their dream honeymoon in the Maldives.

Gemma Monk was doused in black paint by her sister-in-law Antonia Eastwood on her wedding day at Oakwood House Register Office in Maidstone on May 24, 2024. Despite the attack, she went ahead with the ceremony two hours later in a borrowed dress.