McBean, who was using the name Sean Samuels, pleaded guilty in a previous court hearing to false declaration, obtaining a passport by false means and uttering forged documents.

Age being an issue

In the first hearing, McBean's attorney-at-law, Churchill Neita, said his client's problems began in 1987 when he played football in Seaview Gardens. With his age being an issue, the coach allegedly suggested that he get a fraudulent birth certificate.

He said it was from then he got the birth certificate and later went on to represent Galaxy football team in May Pen, Clarendon.

McBean attended GC Foster College and a school in Hungary, where he studied physical education.

He was allegedly travelling with the passport under the fraudulent name and had American, Canadian and English visas. Neita said when McBean went to get another passport, the fraud was discovered and he was arrested.