Rasbert Turner, Star Writer

A man who told the court that he bought a fraudulent driver's licence because he could not read was sentenced to three months' imprisonment yesterday.

Chester Sommerville of Spanish Town, St Catherine, was found guilty when he appeared in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate's Court.

He told the court that he could not read and therefore he bought the document for $20,000.

He was fined $10,000 or 30 days for no driver's licence and $2,000 or 10 days for no insurance coverage.

He was given three months' hard labour for uttering forged document.

The court heard that in February members of the Island Special Constabulary Force stopped the accused. During a spot check, he tendered a driver's licence with his name. The police became suspicious and had the document checked.

It was revealed that it was a fake.

Sommerville was subsequently charged by Corporal Jason Bailey.