Briton told his wife he was going to work, flew to Thailand and married there without divorcing

Disappearance and a wedding in Thailand

Briton David Curtis told his wife he was going to work and then vanished, after which he flew to Thailand and held a wedding there with another woman — this is reported by The Daily Dazzling Dawn, whose account of the story is retold by Gazeta.Ru. Notably, he did not try to hide his new marriage: he sent invitations to relatives via social media, where his first wife discovered them.

How events unfolded

Curtis met Kirsty more than 16 years ago; they married in 2015 and lived in their own house in Derbyshire. In April 2025 he told his wife he loved her, and the next day he left and never returned. Later he wrote that he was tired of the marriage and wanted to be alone, after which he blocked her. He then explained his disappearance as a nervous breakdown and said he intended to travel around the whole world.

Arrest and sentence

Kirsty learned about the wedding to 35-year-old Kwanta Satipjan, whom Curtis had met in a Thai bar, from social media. He did not divorce his first wife, and she went to the police. In February 2026 the man was detained at Heathrow Airport upon arrival in the UK. In court he pleaded guilty to bigamy and received six months' imprisonment suspended, with an 18-month probation period and 100 hours of community service.

What is happening now

Curtis now lives with his new wife in Leeds, and Kirsty has already finalized the divorce. She admitted that she still does not understand why her husband arranged everything this way. The article ends with a reference to another case: earlier, according to Gazeta.Ru, a husband slashed his wife in her office after deciding to divorce — a separate incident cited by the outlet as a link to a previous publication.