A man found with a forged Jamaican passport appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday charged with forgery and uttering forged documents.

Ricardo McIntosh told the court he received the passport from a friend but didn't travel on it. He said he got the passport because he wanted to visit his two teenage sons who reside in the US.

McIntosh asked for leniency and beseeched Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey for a chance as he was a first-time offender.

After much consideration, Pusey fined McIntosh $40,000 or six months for forgery and $30,000 or six months for uttering forged documents.