Tashieka Mair, Star Writer
western bureau
A 24-year-old man of Kensington in St. James, who tried to leave Jamaica using fraudulent documents, was remanded in custody in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate on Tuesday.
Jermaine Burke, who pleaded guilty to two counts of uttering forged documents, a British passport and a Jamaican immigration card, was remanded as the court awaits a copy of his police record.
Defence attorney Adrian Dayes told the court that his client's father, wife and two infant children live in England but were not able to file for him. He said that his client's decision to use the forged documents was not because of any previous convictions.
However, RM Henry opted to adjourn the matter until February 25, until this was confirmed.
The facts are that he checked in at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay on February 14 to board a Martin Air flight destined for Amsterdam. He presented a British passport and a Jamaican Immigration pass in the name 'Donald James Hyde' to the immigration officer on duty.
The British High Commission was contacted after the officer inspected the passport and suspected that the photograph was substituted.
It was subsequently revealed that the passport, which was issued to a Caucasian male, was stolen. It was also discovered that the stamps on the immigration card were fraudulent.
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