A woman who cancelled her brother's wedding because she did not like his bride-to-be has been jailed for eight weeks.
Ann Duffy, of Plymouth, was also issued an indefinite restraining order against her brother's wife.
The 50-year-old had previously admitted harassment without violence. Prosecutors compared the case to an EastEnders' plot line.
Magistrate Graham Price said Duffy's conduct was "totally unacceptable".
Duffy impersonated her now sister-in-law Sandra in a phone call to Plymouth Register Office to tell them to cancel the ceremony.
She made the call on 5 November, 20 days before the wedding was due to go ahead.
The court heard she called her brother David Greatrex and told him: "You had better put this on speakerphone.
"I have saved you from a divorce. I have cancelled your wedding. Would you like me to send you the confirmation email?"
The couple contacted the police to say Duffy had impersonated Sandra and called off the ceremony.
Not going to be a bridesmaid then...
Not going to be a bridesmaid then...
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Re: Not going to be a bridesmaid then...
We don't get to choose our family.

