A Haitian who travelled to Jamaica using a forged US passport was remanded in the Montego Bay Resident Magis-trate's Court last Wednesday.

Resident Magistrate Winsome Henry remanded Nelson McKenson, 25, for background checks as the accused used a fictitious name on the passport.

Bought the document

McKenson was arrested after he landed in Jamaica from The Bahamas. He claimed he bought the document because there is no Jamaican embassy in Haiti where he could have applied for the legal one.

However, RM Henry was not satisfied with the explanation and said she needed investigations to be done to ascertain whether there were other reasons for the accused man's actions.

McKenson, who owns a hardware in Haiti, pleaded guilty to uttering a forged document and will be sentenced today.

Allegations are that on January 25, McKenson presented a US passport to the immigration at the Sangster International Airport. Checks revealed that the document was fraudulent. He was attempting to board a flight to The Bahamas to catch another flight to Haiti.