Headlines:
| Reggae Boyz fitness trainer to be sentenced |
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| Monday, 17 November 2008 | |
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Fitness coach for Jamaica's Reggae Boyz football team
Junior McBean is to be sentenced on Monday. Mr. McBean who goes by the name Junior Samuels pleaded guilty two weeks ago to identity theft. He was charged after he submitted forged documents to the Immigration Department in order to obtain a new passport. Investigators reported that Mr. McBean submitted his passport and other documents in the name "Junior Samuels." However, checks by the Department revealed that the birth certificate submitted by him in the name Shaun Anthony Samuels was forged. Mr. McBean, who was preparing to travel with the Reggae Boyz on their recent trip to Cayman, was arrested when he went to collect his passport. In court, his attorney K Churchill Neita argued that more than 20 years ago, Mr. McBean's football coach gave him the questionable birth certificate in order to raise his age to get him onto his football team. Mr. Neita argued further that McBean who lived in the volatile community of Seaview Gardens did not mean any harm as he was only trying to improve his living standard through football. |