'Naive' Cork teenager tried to get into US with passport of a friend 'he looked a bit like'

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Ennis District Court heard the 19-year-old's wife was in the US and had fallen ill, and, having been turned away at Dublin Airport, he tried to use his pal's passport in Shannon Airport.

A ‘naive' Cork teenager tried to get through US Customs and Border Protection controls at Shannon Airport to board a US-bound flight with the passport of a friend who "he looked a bit like”, a court has heard.

At Ennis District Court, Judge Alec Gabbett imposed 80 hours community service in lieu of four months in prison on 19-year-old Aaron O’Brien of Innishannon Rd, Fair Hill, Cork.