A man living in the North East sent a fake passport to Russia after being handed a package by a man at a party.
Malu Kasomba met a man at a party and was asked to send a package to Moscow in exchange for fifty euros. The 45-year-old agreed, and went to Ryman in Sunderland and sent the package via DHL. But the package, which included a fake Portuguese passport hidden inside a hardback book, was intercepted before reaching its destination and Kasomba was later arrested.
Kasomba, of Kirklea Road, Houghton-le-Spring, appeared at Newcastle's Moot Hall on Monday to be sentenced for a charge relating to the possession of an identity document with inappropriate intent. He had pleaded guilty to the offence at a previous hearing.
