ST JAMES, Jamaica – A United Kingdom resident who applied for a passport in a fictitious name has been slapped with a $100,000 fine after pleading guilty to the charge.

Leroy Wilson was hauled before the St James Parish Court on Wednesday to answer to a charge of making a false declaration.

He was represented by attorney-at-law Henry McCurdy.

The date of the incident was not disclosed.

According to court documents, Wilson applied for a passport under his correct name. Later at the Passport Immigration and Citizenship Agency, he was shown a passport application with his photograph under another name.

The document was shown to him because it was discovered that in October 2003, he submitted an application under the bogus identity in order to obtain a passport, which resulted in the charge against him.

In mitigation, McCurdy told the court that Wilson had never used the passport, was remorseful, and had never been in trouble with the law. He also requested that mercy be shown to him.

In response, presiding judge Sasha-Marie Smith-Ashley stated that she would consider his early guilty plea, his previous good character, and the fact that he had never used the passport.

He was subsequently fined $100,000 or three months in prison.