NICOLE APPLETON GRANTED A 'QUICKIE' DIVORCE FROM LIAM GALLAGHER IN JUST 68 SECONDS, AFTER HE ADMITS TO ADULTERY

Singer Nicole Appleton was granted a 'quickie' divorce from rocker husband Liam Gallagher in just 68 seconds on Tuesday after he admitted adultery with US journalist Liza Ghorbani.

The undefended petition by the 39-year-old All Saints singer was heard at the Principal Registry of the High Court in London, neither party attended. 

It appeared as Appleton N M v Gallagher L J P second in a list of 12 undefended cases heard by Judge Anne Aitken.

In court papers Nicole Marie said Liam 'admitted adultery to me prior to it becoming publicised in national newspapers'.

She said the woman whom he committed adultery with 'now has a child' by him, and she found it 'intolerable' to live with him.

The singer said she had not lived with him since he admitted the adultery last July.

Nicole Appleton was granted a divorce from Liam Gallagher in just 68 seconds on Tuesday

Liam has been spending more and more time with girlfriend Debbie Gwyther, pictured here on April 4

Liam fathered a child with a US journalist Liza Ghorbani

Nicole has come back fighting since her marriage crumbled - returning to the stage and having a cameo on the X Factor

Nicole has recently reunited with All Saints - pictured here at the O2 on April 1

And in a statement acknowledging receipt of the divorce petition Liam, in his full name of Liam John Paul Gallagher replied 'yes' to the question of whether he admitted adultery. 

He said he did not intend to defend her petition and also agreed to pay his wife's 'reasonable costs'.

Judge Aitken granted Nicole a decree nisi on the ground that the marriage had irretrievably broken down because of Liam's admitted adultery. Also that she now found it intolerable to live with him.

The couple married at the Old Marylebone Town Hall, Westminster in February 2008 after eight years of dating.

Nicole was said to be heartbroken when 41-year-old Liam ended their relationship last summer after five years of marriage.    

She also had to face reports that the Beady Eye frontman had fathered a child with a US journalist Liza Ghorbani. 

Liza filed a £2million lawsuit for child support after she claimed to have given birth to his daughter, Gemma, in January, following an affair which is said to have begun when she interviewed him for the New York Times in 2010.

As the story broke, Liam went to Ibiza, where he was seen getting close to his assistant Debbie Gwyther, 31.

The pair later went public and he moved Debbie into his rented home, minutes from the £5million mansion in Hampstead, London, where Nicole still lives with their 12-year-old son Gene.

Liam also has a 14-year-old son, Lennon, with ex-wife Patsy Kensit, and a 15-year-old daughter, Molly, with singer Lisa Moorish.

Meanwhile, Nicole is currently planning a comeback with her band All Saints - who were together from 1993-2001.

The group – Shaznay Lewis, Melanie Blatt and her sister Natalie are currently supporting Backstreet Boys around the UK.

They will then join fellow '90s bands East 17 and Let Loose on Another Time Another Place tour, which is set kick off in Cardiff, Wales on 14 November.