Lure of the online world: Married partners can be tempted to cheat as they meet other users
A growing number of marriage break-ups are being blamed on Facebook as love cheats are caught online.
Lawyer Emma Patel has revealed that EVERY divorce she has dealt with in the past nine months has involved the social network website.
Married couples meet other users online and send 'flirty messages' or have 'inappropriate suggestive chats' which spouses can use in divorce cases.
Sites like Second Life, Illicit Encounters and Friends Reunited are tempting couples to cheat on each other.
Ms Patel, the head of family law at Hart Scales & Hodges Solicitors, in Dorking, Surrey, said that she had dealt with 30 divorces since May last year - and all involved Facebook.
She claimed the site acted a 'virtual third party' in break-ups.
'Suspicious spouses have used these to spy and find evidence of flirting and even affairs, which have then led to break-ups'.
The lawyer said that she urged all clients to 'stay off' Facebook during divorce proceedings - as it could throw a spanner in the works of it going smoothly - especially if they post photos of new lovers.
She added: 'They feel compelled to share their feelings online, and, in some cases, they not only express their stress, but also make inflammatory accusations against their partner.
'Divorce is a highly-charged and emotional time, but it is vital not to turn the situation into a public slagging match, played out for everyone to see online.
James Wrigley, 34, of Hackney, east London, said: 'My girlfriend left me after finding out I had been sending Facebook messages to a girl at work.
'She got my password and read the messages and that was the end of that - four years together down the drain, but at least we hadn't got married.'
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