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Minister's ex-cleaner is charged | Minister's ex-cleaner is charged |
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A former cleaner for Attorney General Baroness Scotland has been charged over immigration offences. | |
Otolose Loloahi Tapui has been charged with possession of a false identity document, fraud by false representation and overstaying leave to remain. | Otolose Loloahi Tapui has been charged with possession of a false identity document, fraud by false representation and overstaying leave to remain. |
She will appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on 7 December. | She will appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on 7 December. |
Alexander Zivancevic, Ms Tapui's husband, has accepted a caution for assisting unlawful immigration and is not facing further charges. | |
Baroness Scotland sacked her cleaner when information regarding her immigration came to light. | |
She has previously said she employed Ms Tapui, who is from Tonga, in good faith and thought she was working in the UK legally. | |
Simon Clements, head of the Crown Prosecution Service's special crime division, said: "Following an investigation by the UK Border Agency, I received a file of evidence on 9 November. | |
"I have decided there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest to prosecute these offences." | |
The Attorney General's office said Baroness Scotland had no comment to make. |
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