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Warning: include() [function.include]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /home/damienm/public_html/articles/main.php on line 59 Warning: include(http://www.damienmartyn.net/navbar.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /home/damienm/public_html/articles/main.php on line 59 Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'http://www.damienmartyn.net/navbar.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/damienm/public_html/articles/main.php on line 59 Martyn is Warne's text matchSource: The Australian - August 8, 2005Australia Test cricketer Damien Martyn has joined Shane Warne in the love-rat sin bin after his former fiancee found raunchy text messages from another woman on his mobile phone. Helen Appleyard and Martyn were due to marry in a star-studded celebration at Melbourne's Crown casino on June 14, 2003. But the wedding was called off after Ms Appleyard, 43, found intimate text messages from a 21-year-old South African woman on the batsman's mobile phone just eight weeks before the big day. She discovered the messages while Martyn, who is 10 years younger, was in hospital in Perth having surgery on his fractured right index finger. "I found a string of messages on his mobile just weeks before our wedding. I was devastated," Ms Appleyard has told New Idea magazine. At the time of the bust-up, Ms Appleyard was offered large sums of money by a number of women's magazines to spill the details, but she stayed silent. "This is still a bit raw, but it is in the past and that's where I want it to stay," she said then. But Ms Appleyard has obviously changed her mind. "He said he'd loved me from the moment we met and wanted to spend the rest of his life with me," she told the magazine. The couple, who had dated for two years, became engaged during a romantic holiday in Bali. The revelations follow Simone Warne's two-part interview in the same magazine about the end of her 10-year marriage to Warne. His alleged indiscretions have been tabloid fodder for many years, and Ms Warne finally ended their marriage in June after his latest bout of unfaithfulness was revealed. The final straw came when Warne woke her early one morning to tell her his latest affair was splashed across the morning papers. A London newspaper carried the details of his relationship with 25-year-old Laura Sayers, whom he allegedly begged for sex. At least three other women came forward with information on their affairs with Warne. Ms Appleyard said she could never have stuck it out as long as Ms Warne. "I'm surprised Simone Warne tolerated Shane's behaviour for so long. For me, the moment I found out Damien was cheating I was out of there. I was heartbroken," she said. The latest sex scandal will provide fresh ammunition for the British tabloids as they continue their attack against the Australian cricket team. - ELIZABETH GOSCH | ||||||
