Attorney General’s former housekeeper trial

Loloah Tapui and Max Clifford

A Tongan housekeeper who was illegally employed by the Attorney General today admitting using a fake British visa for more than two years. The former housekeeper pleaded guilty to possessing a false document at Southwark Crown Court but she denied a further charge of fraud, rejecting the allegation that she used the counterfeit document to establish facts about herself and earn money as a cleaner.

It is believed Loloahi Tapui opted to be tried in the Crown Court, which risks a more severe sentence if she is found guilty to ensure a showdown with the Attorney General Baroness Scotland who will now be called to give evidence.

If convicted of fraud, Loloahi could face a maximum sentence of ten years in prison. Loloahi greeted photographers with a smile but Matthew from FLYER said: “The pressure of the trial and the media interest were clearly visible and probably even un-foreseen.”

Following her expose in a Sunday newspaper Tapui has enlisted the help from celebrity agent Max Clifford who watched proceedings from the public gallery.

Christopher Hehir, defending, told the court his client was pleading guilty on the basis that the visa stamp was fake but that the passport itself was real. The date of the trial has been set for April 2010.

Loloah Tapui

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