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3:17pm Tuesday 6th May 2008
AN IRAQI who used a tampered document in order to earn £22,000 has been jailed for six months.
Arf Khader had been barred from looking for work under the terms of his immigration application registration card.
The document was altered to give the impression that he could qualify for employment and he got work as a packer before the truth came to light.
Now the 29-year-old, from Mosul, who spent $5,000 to travel to the UK in the back of a lorry, has been sent to prison.
The judge said the offence struck at the heart of an important immigration system and his actions had been deliberate and fraudulent.
Khader of Audley Range, Blackburn, denied obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception, but was convicted by a jury following atrial.
Preston Crown Court heard that the Iraqi, who came to this country in 2003, had become an illegal immigrant.
He went on to claim asylum and was granted temporary admission to the UK, with certain conditions.
John O'Shea, prosecuting, said one of those conditions was not to enter into employment, paid or unpaid.
This was explained to him at the time by an immigration officer.
Khader was issued with an application registration card.
His claim for asylum failed and all his rights were exhausted by February 2004.
The offence came to light when he applied for a provisional driving licence in January 2006.
His registration card was among documentation that was sent in.
Charles Brown, defending, said Khader came to this country after his father was killed in Iraq.
In sending him to jail, the judge, Recorder William Waldron QC, told him: "That sort of behaviour strikes at the very heart of one very critical part of a system which is very often under public scrutiny."
steve, accrington says...
3:38pm Tue 6 May 08
big t, burnley says...
4:43pm Tue 6 May 08
Bill, Burnley says...
4:55pm Tue 6 May 08
school inspector, home says...
6:40pm Tue 6 May 08
on the fence, yr backyard says...
7:20pm Tue 6 May 08
school inspector wrote:chances are the guy only came here as a result of the INVASION of HIS country by OUR country. Do you find it equally unbelievable that our taxes are being used to fund missiles in a war we have no interest in other than being pally with the yanks??
The man is here illegaly. I find it unbelievable that a tax payer can can support him.
Jay, Haven't decided says...
7:29pm Tue 6 May 08
how many others are there?the countrys on its knees
The document was altered to give the impression that he could qualify for employment and he got work as a packer before the truth came to light.
school inspector, home says...
7:29pm Tue 6 May 08
on the fence wrote:Chances are the guy came here to screw the system.True we invaded the country on lies from a useless government but it doesnt mean we have to bring them all over to england.
school inspector wrote: The man is here illegaly. I find it unbelievable that a tax payer can can support him.chances are the guy only came here as a result of the INVASION of HIS country by OUR country. Do you find it equally unbelievable that our taxes are being used to fund missiles in a war we have no interest in other than being pally with the yanks??
Jay, Can't make my mind up says...
7:32pm Tue 6 May 08
phil, burnley says...
7:55pm Tue 6 May 08
school inspector wrote:They wont all come over because we blew a lot of them up.
on the fence wrote:Chances are the guy came here to screw the system.True we invaded the country on lies from a useless government but it doesnt mean we have to bring them all over to england.school inspector wrote: The man is here illegaly. I find it unbelievable that a tax payer can can support him.chances are the guy only came here as a result of the INVASION of HIS country by OUR country. Do you find it equally unbelievable that our taxes are being used to fund missiles in a war we have no interest in other than being pally with the yanks??
school inspector, home says...
9:39pm Tue 6 May 08
phil wrote:problem is the ones that are left might blow us up.
school inspector wrote:They wont all come over because we blew a lot of them up.on the fence wrote:Chances are the guy came here to screw the system.True we invaded the country on lies from a useless government but it doesnt mean we have to bring them all over to england.school inspector wrote: The man is here illegaly. I find it unbelievable that a tax payer can can support him.chances are the guy only came here as a result of the INVASION of HIS country by OUR country. Do you find it equally unbelievable that our taxes are being used to fund missiles in a war we have no interest in other than being pally with the yanks??
FRANK, BB6 says...
10:25pm Tue 6 May 08
Pete, Darwen says...
10:36pm Tue 6 May 08
Burnley Taxpayer, Burnley says...
1:49pm Wed 7 May 08
templar, uk says...
1:50pm Wed 7 May 08
justice, court 1 says...
3:01pm Wed 7 May 08
templar wrote:I say you are a fool,the guys a criminal illegal immigrant.
At least the man was working,and prison should not have been the last resort, the judge is a fool and i bet he lets off more child offenders than people who obtain money by working for it i say the judge is a fool.
soap opera, coronation st says...
9:50pm Wed 7 May 08
bystander, lancs says...
10:27pm Wed 7 May 08
here and now, BLACKBURN says...
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school inspector, home says...
3:31pm Tue 6 May 08