Man who came to Ireland as a stowaway 20 years ago avoids jail 

Solicitor says client had previous convictions from just after he first arrived here in a container, but they were when he was destitute and desperate

Kyrgyzstan used a a fake Lithuanian passport to live here for two decades.

A man from Kyrgyzstan who lived in Ireland under a false identity after coming to the country in a container as a stowaway 20 years ago has avoided a jail sentence.

Leonti Belikov, 50, with an address at 37 An Bruach, Ballinhassig, Co Cork, paid a fine of €3,000 to Bandon District Court.