Suspended sentence for using fake driving licence

32-year-old Yusuf Traore pleaded guilty to charges of making use of false documents, driving without a licence and being in possession of small amounts of cannabis resin

21 April 2015, 1:18pm
by Matthew Agius

1 min read

A 32-year-old man from Mali has been handed a suspended sentence after he admitted to using a fake Italian driving licence to drive in Malta.

The man, Yusuf Traore, a failed asylum seeker currently living in Mosta, pleaded guilty before Magistrate Natasha Galea Sciberras to charges of making use of a false document, making a false declaration by using it to drive, driving without a valid licence and with being in possession of less than one gramme of cannabis resin on Sunday.

Traore was handed a 13-month jail term suspended for two years, together with a €200 fine for driving without a licence and a €50 penalty for cannabis possession.

Lawyer Noel Bartolo was legal aid. Police Inspector Melvyn Camilleri prosecuted.

Matthew Agius is Senior Reporter on Law and Court Affairs at MaltaToday. He is also a Leg...