A woman who confessed to travelling to the island on a bogus passport was fined $90, 000 when she appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court this week.

Jamaican Anita Gabbidon pleaded guilty to charges of forgery and uttering a forged document when she appeared in court Tuesday.

The court heard that when Gabbidon arrived at Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston on November 26, she presented the immigration officer with a passport that bears her photograph, but in a different name.

The immigration officer, who realised that the document was forged, called the police and the woman was arrested.

When Gabbidon appeared in court, Senior Resident Magistrate Judith Pusey asked her if there was any reason why she should not go to jail.

“No,” she replied. “I am really sorry and I take full responsibility for my actions. Please forgive me.”

“This is not the forum; if you go over St Andrew Parish Church they have it,” Pusey said in reference to Gabbidon’s plea for forgiveness.

“What you are sorry for is that you never get through,” Pusey said.

But Gabbidon told the court that she got through and that she was on her way back when she was nabbed.

In handing down her sentence, Pusey said, “So you know how foreign taste. You must be really sorry because you cannot go back anytime soon.”

Gabbidon was fined $50,000 or six months for forgery, and $40,000 or six months for uttering a forged document.