Pauline Perez, the Justice of the Peace (JP) who was charged along with the 51-year-old businessman in connection to passport forgery, was freed of the charges in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday.
Businessman Paul Crawford was charged with uttering forged documents, forgery, obtaining passport by false means, attempting to obtain passport by false means, possession of and dealing in ganja.
Vivian Miller was also charged for obtaining passport by false means and obtaining a tax registration number (TRN) by false means.
Perez, who had been charged for making a false statement, was freed.
The Crown took the decision to free Perez after it was revealed that she was oblivious to the real name of Crawford, after knowing him in a different name.
The Crown had alleged that on February 13, about 3:15pm, the businessman was arrested after officials from the Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) alerted police that Crawford was making an application for a passport under an assumed name.
He was taken to his home, where other documents were found in the name. Ganja weighing two pounds was also found.
In court, Crawford was ordered to pay $6,400 for dealing in, and $3,200 for possession of, ganja. For uttering forged documents, obtaining passport by false means and attempting to obtain passport by false means, he was ordered to pay $20,000 each.
Miller was ordered to pay $50,000 for obtaining passport by false means and $30,000 for obtaining TRN by false means.
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