A Frenchman was remanded in custody today after a court was told that he had handed his passport to a Nigerian man to help him escape from Malta.

Reuben Justin Kouri pleaded not guilty to having helped another person travel from Malta illegally, handing over his passport for unauthorised use, and filing a false report to the police.

The court was told that the Frenchman had agreed with the migrant that he would use the passport to travel to Sicily and then mail it back.

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:
Please select at least one mailing list.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.