An Iranian mother is to be deported to Istanbul after she admitted in court today of having come to Malta using a false Danish passport.

Fatemah Sahami, 29, an accountant, stood in the dock with her young daughter.

Police Inspector Mario Haber said the woman flew in on Monday and had asked to be sent back to Istanbul.

Magistrate Claire Stafrace Zammit condemned her to a seven-month jail term suspended for a year and authorised her repatriation (and that of her daughter).

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