be registered with the site.
Ahmed Jobe.
Published Date: 22 January 2010
A foreign conman who used his bigamous marriage to a Yorkshire woman to stay indefinitely in the UK is facing a lengthy prison sentence.
Ahmed Jobe was yesterday convicted of a string of fake identity offences which helped him get a mortgage, trick banks, government officials, police and the courts.
* Click here to watch latest YEP news and sport video reports.
Leeds Crown Court heard how Jobe stole an English man's identity to commit his crimes.
* Click here for latest YEP news and sport picture slideshows.
The jury found Jobe, of Hyde Park, Eastmoor, Wakefield guilty of ten offences including handling stolen goods, forgery, using a false instrument, using a copy of a false instrument, obtaining a money transfer by deception, possession of a false identity document, two counts of perverting justice and obtaining leave to remain in the UK by deception.
* Click here to follow the YEP on Twitter.
A jury heard how he pressured girlfriend Julie Stead into marrying him during a trip to The Gambia in 2006.
* Click here to become a fan of the YEP on Facebook.
Miss Stead didn't even realise they were going to get married until they got to the West African country.
* Click here for latest Leeds United news.
Jobe threatened to abandon her there if she refused and she reluctantly went ahead.
The trial heard Jobe had married a Gambian woman – the mother of his daughter – in England in 2003. There was no record of him divorcing her or her death.
Jurors heard how following the marriage to Julie Stead, Jobe deceived an entry clearance officer at the British High Commission in Banjul and was granted a two-year UK visa.
The couple split in 2007 but Jobe told a Home Office worker in 2008 that Miss Stead and he were still living together. He got indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
The court also heard how he assumed the identity of Carl Davies sometime after the Liverpudlian's passport went missing in the post. Jobe's photo was grafted onto Mr Davies' stolen passport.
Jobe – who overstayed in the UK after his student visa expired in 2001 – went on to accumulate motoring convictions and a police caution in the name of Carl Davies.
Jobe also got a £54,950 mortgage by deception after using fake ID.
Prosecutor Andrew Dallas told the jury they were dealing with three different identities and dates of birth.
Jobe "number one" was born in 1978, Carl Davies in 1980 and Ahmed Sheikh Jobe in 1981. Documentation appeared to show the two Jobes had the same mother.
When Jobe was arrested at his home police found a stash of different identity documents: 16 photocopies of the information page of Carl Davies's passport were found under his bed.
Judge Jennifer Kershaw, adjourned sentencing but warned Jobe that a prison sentence was inevitable.
* Click here to watch latest YEP news and sport video reports.
Leeds Crown Court heard how Jobe stole an English man's identity to commit his crimes.
* Click here for latest YEP news and sport picture slideshows.
The jury found Jobe, of Hyde Park, Eastmoor, Wakefield guilty of ten offences including handling stolen goods, forgery, using a false instrument, using a copy of a false instrument, obtaining a money transfer by deception, possession of a false identity document, two counts of perverting justice and obtaining leave to remain in the UK by deception.
* Click here to follow the YEP on Twitter.
A jury heard how he pressured girlfriend Julie Stead into marrying him during a trip to The Gambia in 2006.
* Click here to become a fan of the YEP on Facebook.
Miss Stead didn't even realise they were going to get married until they got to the West African country.
* Click here for latest Leeds United news.
Jobe threatened to abandon her there if she refused and she reluctantly went ahead.
The trial heard Jobe had married a Gambian woman – the mother of his daughter – in England in 2003. There was no record of him divorcing her or her death.
Jurors heard how following the marriage to Julie Stead, Jobe deceived an entry clearance officer at the British High Commission in Banjul and was granted a two-year UK visa.
The couple split in 2007 but Jobe told a Home Office worker in 2008 that Miss Stead and he were still living together. He got indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
The court also heard how he assumed the identity of Carl Davies sometime after the Liverpudlian's passport went missing in the post. Jobe's photo was grafted onto Mr Davies' stolen passport.
Jobe – who overstayed in the UK after his student visa expired in 2001 – went on to accumulate motoring convictions and a police caution in the name of Carl Davies.
Jobe also got a £54,950 mortgage by deception after using fake ID.
Prosecutor Andrew Dallas told the jury they were dealing with three different identities and dates of birth.
Jobe "number one" was born in 1978, Carl Davies in 1980 and Ahmed Sheikh Jobe in 1981. Documentation appeared to show the two Jobes had the same mother.
When Jobe was arrested at his home police found a stash of different identity documents: 16 photocopies of the information page of Carl Davies's passport were found under his bed.
Judge Jennifer Kershaw, adjourned sentencing but warned Jobe that a prison sentence was inevitable.
Page 1 of 1
- Last Updated: 22 January 2010 8:42 AM
- Source: n/a
- Location: Leeds
Delivery formats: RSS, Atom, Javascript & Email
google_protectAndRun("render_ads.js::google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad);
