Newlyweds stranded in Malta after booking honeymoon with Lowcostholidays

Keith and Sharon Clark’s wedding was ruined when hotel ceiling collapsed
They and another couple getting married that day had to evacuate building
Now the Clarks are stranded in Malta after travel company they booked their honeymoon with folded

Keiligh Baker for MailOnline

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06:14 EST, 21 July 2016

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12:02 EST, 21 July 2016

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A couple whose wedding was ruined when the ceiling collapsed at their reception are now stranded in Malta after booking their honeymoon through collapsed travel company Low Cost Holidays.

Keith and Sharon Clark’s wedding ended in disaster when they and another couple tying the knot that day had to be evacuated along with all their guests from Dundee’s Queens Hotel.

Following their night of drama, the new Mr and Mrs Clark, from Aberdeen, hoped to forget their ruined reception and jetted off to Malta on Tuesday for a week’s honeymoon.

Keith and Sharon Clark’s wedding ended in disaster when they and another couple tying the knot that day had to be evacuated along with all their guests from Dundee’s Queens Hotel

The two brides were forced to evacuate the building after the ceiling at the Queen’s Hotel in Dundee collapsed

Upon arriving at their hotel however, the couple received the devastating news that because holiday provider, Low Cost Travel, had ceased trading their booked and paid for accommodation was no longer available.

The couple have to raid their spending money to fund accommodation and food and are now left with nothing till they fly home next week.

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Keith and Sharon from Aberdeen along with Gary and Emily Parkin were in the middle of celebrating tying the knot when a section of the hotel ceiling plummeted-leaving Gary’s best man Neil injured.

Speaking from Malta, Keith, 50, admitted he couldn’t believe the run of luck encountered by he and his new wife.

The off-shore worker said: ‘It’s been a total nightmare.

Balloons had just been released at the Queen’s Hotel in Dundee (pictured) when tiles came crashing down

‘After what happened at the weekend this is just the icing on the cake.

‘We thought everything was hunky dory till we got across here.

‘We can’t get over it. We’re being bombarded.’

Keith said: ‘We’ll just have to scrimp and save till next Tuesday when we come home.

‘But we won’t be able the things we wanted to do.

‘We were absolutely unaware of what had happened to Low Cost Holidays.’

However it seems their first anniversary may be bring them better luck.

The couple have won a holiday to Tenerife while honeymooning in Malta which they plan to take mark their first anniversary next year.

Reports emerged yesterday which suggested holiday makers who booked through Low Cost Holidays may be entitled to just £7.50 in compensation.

Finbarr O’Connell and Henry Shinners from the holiday firm’s administrators Smith Williamson said: ‘We currently believe there are around 140,000 customers who have lost out.

‘It is only once claims are finalised that a specific figure for the compensation available to individual holidaymakers will become evident.

‘It does seem that the amount of compensation for holidaymakers from this source will, very unfortunately, prove to be negligible.’