Man Pleads Not Guilty To Making False Representations About UK Deportation & Barbados Drug Conviction
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By Alric Lindsay
Qwaine Edward Christie appeared in the Summary Court on May 13, 2025, to face allegations of making false representations to a compliance officer that he was never deported from the United Kingdom and was never convicted and sentenced to drug offences in Barbados. Christie pleaded not guilty to both charges.
Background and what the law says
By way of background, Christie was charged under section 76 of the Immigration (Transition Act) 2022. This states:
Offences relating to false documents, etc.
76. (1) A person who:
(a) in connection with the carrying into effect of any of the purposes of this Act, makes, causes or allows to be made any return, statement or representation which is false in a material particular and which that person knows to be false or which that person does not believe to be true;
(b) without lawful excuse (the proof of which shall be upon that person) alters, causes or allows to be altered any certificate, licence, permit or other document issued under this Act or any entry in any document lawfully made under this Act: or
(c) without lawful excuse (the proof of which shall be upon that person) uses or possesses, or causes or allows to be used or possessed, any forged, altered or irregular passport, visa, certificate or other connected document or any endorsement on any of such documents which has been altered or forged, commits an offence.
The offences are alleged to have been committed by Christie in October 2024.
Christe is on bail and expected to return to court this summer for a trial.
His bail conditions require him to report to the George Town police station on Mondays and reside at his East End address.
