NASSAU, Bahamas, Apr 29, CMC – Senior Magistrate Kendra Kelly-Burrows has recommended the deportation of two of three Haitian nationals who were fiven lengthy jail sentences after being convicted of being in possession of false documents.
Peterson Auguste, 35, Lautile Delhomme, 30, and Joadly Atleus, 29, were detained on April 25 when they arrived at the Bimini International Airport and being in possession of fraudulent National Insurance Board (NIB) cards.
Immigration officials had alerted police after becoming suspicious of the documents presented by the men upon arrival in the Family Islands from New Providence.
When they appeared before thesenior magistrate, the accused pleaded guilty to possession of a forged document and uttering a forged document .
Atleus was sentenced to one year in prison, while Auguste and Delhomme, who were in the country illegally, were each sentenced to 18 months in jail with the senior magistrate recommending deportation for Auguste and Delhomme.
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