A TWENTY-YEAR-old man of Clay Brick Road, Canal #1 was fined $70,000 by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for making a false declaration for the purpose of procuring a new passport.Appearing at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, Glenn Lall accepted the charge which stated that on December 11, 2013, at the Central Immigration and Passport Office, Georgetown, for the purpose of procuring a new passport, he made a false statement, that is to say he signed a written declaration that he was Seeram Ramlall, despite knowing same to be false.
Prosecutor Inspector Neville Jeffers said the defendant is the holder of a Guyana passport in the name of Bharrat Dindyal, which he used to travel to Trinidad where he stayed for a while. He was later deported back to Guyana.
However on December 11, 2013 Lall went to the passport office in Guyana to apply for another document in the name of Seeram Ramlall, which he used to travel back to Trinidad. The man reportedly was deported again after he overstayed his time.
Police in Guyana arrested the accused after it was revealed that Bharrat and Ramlall were fake names being used by the defendant to obtain passports. When Lall was asked by Magistrate McLennan whether he had anything to say to the court, he explained that his wife is in Trinidad and had recently given birth to their son, thus he wanted to spend time with them. The man begged the court for forgiveness and apologised for his actions. He was fined with an alternative of four months imprisonment.