Loloahi Tapui jailed in UK [1]
Saturday, May 29, 2010 - 10:15. Updated on Sunday, April 20, 2014 - 13:00.
Loloahi Tapui from Leimatu'a, Vava'u, was found guilty at the Southwark Crown Court on April 9 for fraud, possession of false identity documents and overstaying her student visa in the United Kingdom.
The Independent newspaper, UK, reported that Loloahi (28) was sent to jail on May 28 to serve a total of eight months imprisonment, four months each for fraud and for possessing a false identity stamp and concurrently one-month for overstaying her student visa. She was also ordered to pay at least 1,600 pounds in prosecution costs and defence costs were still being calculated.
Meanwhile, her former employer Baroness Scotland was previously fined with 5,000 pounds for breaching employment rules.