A man has admitted to using a passport which was not his when trying to leave the country on Sunday.

Ahmed Mohamed Shih Ahmed, 29, told the police he was the man shown on the passport. He only admitted to the crime to his interpreter minutes before being arraigned and Police Inspector Mario Haber had to change the charge sheet and arraign him under his real name.

Magistrate Consuelo Scerri Herrera took into consideration the fact that he had admitted to the charges in an early stage of the proceedings and that he had a clean police record. She handed down a six-month jail term suspended for three years.

Legal aid lawyer Renzo Porsella Flores appeared for Mr Ahmed.

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