Migrants jailed for using false passports

Two immigrants who tried to leave the island for Spain using false Italian ID cards and passports were yesterday jailed for six months each after admitting to the charges. Indian Gurinder Singh, 40, and 21-year-old Abdulmonaf Mohammed Fusseini from...

Two immigrants who tried to leave the island for Spain using false Italian ID cards and passports were yesterday jailed for six months each after admitting to the charges.

Indian Gurinder Singh, 40, and 21-year-old Abdulmonaf Mohammed Fusseini from Niger both pleaded guilty to being in possession of and using false passports and ID cards when trying to board a Ryanair flight to Spain on Thursday.

Aided by an interpreter, Mr Singh told Magistrate Antonio Micallef Trigona he deeply regretted what he had done but the magistrate said his hands were tied insofar as punishment was concerned. He jailed both men for six months each in a sitting that was over within minutes.

Police Inspector Geoffrey Azzopardi prosecuted. Lawyer Mark Busuttil was defence counsel.

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