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Pakistani man jailed for travelling on fradulent passport

Date
2019-12-05

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin

County
Dublin

Summary

A 41‑year‑old Pakistani man, Muhammad Aslam, was sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment for using a fraudulently obtained passport card to travel from Ireland to the UK for work. Aslam, who had fled Pakistan with his wife after their marriage did not meet their parents' wishes, had lived in the UK until his visa was about to expire. He applied for a passport card in another man's name, using his own photograph, and used the card to travel to Britain and Poland between 2017 and 2019. He pleaded guilty to using or attempting to use a false passport and to using a passport not issued to him. The judge, taking into account his guilty plea, cooperation with Gardaí, family circumstances and good work history, imposed a 14‑month sentence back‑dated to April 2019 when he entered custody.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Pakistani man jailed for travelling on fradulent passport. Charges or matters: using or attempting to use a passport he knew or believed to be false and using or attempting to use a passport not issued to him at Dublin Airport on dates between 2017 and 2019. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

April 2019 Incident
2017 and 2019 Other
2019-12-05 Publication

Why: A Pakistani man who travelled from Ireland to the UK for work on a fraudulently obtained passport card because he feared being deported due to an expired visa has been jailed for 14 months. CNI source report

Case subjects

Muhammad Aslam

Defendant

Charges: using or attempting to use a passport he knew or believed to be false and using or attempting to use a passport not issued to him at Dublin Airport on dates between 2017 and 2019 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: He imposed a 14-month sentence which he backdated to April when Aslam went into custody.