A GAMBIAN man living in Bolton has been jailed for using a false passport to get a job.

Mamat Jobe, aged 32, of Settle Street, Daubhill, began working at Somerfield supermarket in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester city centre, three years ago, a court heard.

But he had used a fake Belgian passport as his proof of ID.

Jobe was arrested by the UK Border Agency on July 27 in the supermarket, at the start of his shift.

Jobe was found guilty of using a fake passport and sentenced to eight months imprisonment when he appeared at Manchester Crown Court.

A UK Border Agency spokesman said: “His crimes came to light following liaison with the company regarding documents produced by employees in respect of their right to work in the UK.

“Checks on the passport provided by Jobe revealed that it was fake.”

Eddy Montgomery, the agency’s regional director for the North West, added: “Foreign nationals must obey the laws of this country in the same way as everybody else.

“Those who have committed criminal offences here are therefore subject to the same legal processes as anyone else in the UK. Anyone breaking the law, irrespective of whether they are a British citizen or a foreign national, can expect prosecution and, where appropriate, a custodial sentence.”