Interpol helps track stowaway who lived in Cork under false identity for 20 years 

Man from Kyrgyzstan had been 'living a lie for 20 years' since he arrived to Ireland in a container 

Ballinhassig-based Leonti Belikov failed to produce a valid passport at Bandon Garda Station in Co Cork. It emerged that he had been living under a false identity, having arrived in Ireland in 2001. Picture: Dan Linehan

A man from Kyrgyzstan who first came to Ireland as a stowaway in a container and lived here for 20 years under a fake identity has pleaded guilty to charges after a detection assisted by Interpol.

Leonti Belikov, with an address at 37 An Bruach, Ballinhassig, in Co Cork, pleaded guilty before Bandon District Court on five charges.