Millionaire property developer Houshang Jafari, 60, claimed under Sharia law - the moral code and religious law of Islam - that he was allowed to take a second wife.
He left the family home in Bristol and moved his new girlfriend Katrina Jafari into his exclusive flat in the city.
His wife had sought a divorce on the grounds of "unreasonable conduct".
Aghdas Bidaki, 53, who now uses her maiden name, was granted the divorce at Bristol County Court by Recorder Susan Jacklin. [BBC] Read more
