A magistrate yesterday ordered the immediate deportation of a Moroccan man who pleaded guilty to forging a passport and trying to enter Malta illegally.
Magistrate Jacqueline Padavani heard Mohammed Bouabid, 45, plead guilty to being in possession of a false passport. She jailed him for three months suspended for a year and ordered his immediate deportation.
Police inspector Jeffrey Cilia prosecuted while Dr Leslie Cuschieri appeared for the defendant.