Court jails immigrant who escaped from detention

An Iraqi national from Basra was yesterday jailed for six months after he admitted to escaping from a detention centre. The 19-year-old man, who cannot be named because he was a minor at the time of the commissioning of the crime, admitted to escaping...

April 25, 2008| Times of Malta 1 min read
Times of MaltaTimes of Malta

An Iraqi national from Basra was yesterday jailed for six months after he admitted to escaping from a detention centre.

The 19-year-old man, who cannot be named because he was a minor at the time of the commissioning of the crime, admitted to escaping from a detention centre on May, 10, 2006. He also pleaded guilty to using the identity card of an Egyptian national.

Magistrate Consuelo Scerri Herrera heard how the man had used the identity card of the Egyptian man because they resembled each other.

Police Inspector Edel Mary Camilleri prosecuted.

Lawyer Renzo Porsella Flores appeared as legal aid to the man.

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