Tuesday 27 October 2009

Illegal immigrant caught because of passport spelling mistake

An illegal immigrant who applied for a job at Nottinghamshire CPS as a cleaner was caught because of a spelling mistake in the words United Kingdom.
Hyacinth Brooks had paid £3,000 for a fake stamp on her genuine Jamaican passport to prove she had indefinite leave to work here. But after she applied for the cleaning post, her passport revealed an obvious error on the stamp – “Kingdom” was spelt “Kingdon”. Ooops!
Brooks, 57, of Hopedale Close, Radford, never got the job.
She ended up in the cells for possession of a false identification document with intent and entered a guilty plea when she appeared at Nottingham Crown Court. Judge Dudley Bennett gave her a six-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, with 12 months supervision from probation officers. The Home Office will now decide her future here. What is there to decide, deport this fraudster.
Brooks arrived in the UK from Jamaica on a six-month visitor’s visa, which expired in 2000. No further application was made to stay in this country. The defendant had travelled here to care for her mother, who died in 2005, the court heard.

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